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Meat Lovers Pizza

A pizza topped with tomato sauce, soy ground beef, soy sausage, onions, soy mozzarella, soy pepperoni, and soy Canadian bacon.

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Why it works: Tomato and olive are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 15,539 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Meat Lovers Pizza

Oven450F
Time13 to 15 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Preheat oven to 450F.

  2. Prebake fresh pizza crust, if using, for 3 to 4 minutes.

  3. Remove from oven, and set aside to cool slightly.

  4. To make Simple Seasoned Tomato Sauce: Combine tomato sauce, Italian seasoning, salt and pepper.

  5. Set aside.

Make the meat topping

  1. Heat 1 teaspoon oil in large skillet over medium-high heat, and sauté “ground beef” and “sausage” links for about 3 minutes, or until hot and slightly crispy.

  2. Using a spatula, remove “meat” from pan, add remaining 2 teaspoons oil to skillet and sauté onions for 3 minutes, or until translucent.

  3. Add Simple Seasoned Tomato Sauce, and stir.

  4. Remove from heat.

Assemble and bake

  1. Spread sauce mixture over pizza crust.

  2. Top with “ground beef,” “sausage,” cheese, “pepperoni” and “Canadian bacon” slices.

  3. Bake for 13 to 15 minutes.

  4. Remove from oven, and serve.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

820Calories
66 gProtein
52 gFat
18 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 13 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Pork100g cooked242
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Meatnot in our table0
Toppingnot in our table0
Pizzanot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Tomato + olivetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,539 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  2. Beef + oniontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,092 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Tomato + peppertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,923 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Tomato + beeftop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,448 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  5. Tomato + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,633 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Soy mozzarella
Melts and browns on top, giving the pizza its gooey, golden surface.
Commercial tomato sauce
Forms the moist base layer that flavors the crust beneath the toppings.
Pizza crust
Provides the base structure that holds the sauce and toppings while baking.
Onion
Softens and turns sweet as it cooks, adding aroma and mild sweetness.

The step that matters

Sautéing the meat until hot and slightly crispy. Browning the meat before baking drives off excess moisture and builds flavor. Crowding the pan or stopping early leaves it steamed and pale, which can make the pizza soggy.

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (tomato, sauce, pepper, meat, olive, beef):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Potatofits about as well
  3. Carrotfits about as well
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against tomato, sauce, pepper, meat, olive, beef. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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