Name: Baked Pizza Sandwiches
Ingredients: 1 pound lean ground beef; 15 ounce can tomato sauce; 15 ounce can pizza Sauce; 1 teaspoon oregano leaves; 2 cups biscuit baking mix; 1 large egg; 2/3 cup milk; 8 ounces sliced mozzarella cheese

Why it works: Tomato and oregano are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,767 recipes. Both carry 2-hexenal, which smells green, leafy. The science ↓

Baked Pizza Sandwiches

Ingredients

Directions

Heat Oven to 400°F.
Cook and stir meat in a large skillet until brown then drain off the excess fat.
Stir in half of the tomato sauce and the oregano leaves into the meat mixture
Heat to boiling and reduce and simmer uncovered for 10 minutes.
While the meat mixture is simmering mix the baking mix, egg and milk.
Measure out 3/4 cup of the batter and set aside.
Spread the remaining batter in a greased baking rectangular baking pan and pour remaining sauce over batter, spreading evenly.
Layer 4 slices of the cheese, the meat mixture, the mushrooms and the remaining cheese on top of the batter and tomato sauce.
Spoon the reserved batter on the top of the cheese and bake uncovered for 25 minutes.
Cool 5 minutes before cutting into squares.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

755Calories

51 gProtein

42 gFat

41 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Beef	100g cooked	250
Biscuit	1 medium (45g)	166
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Mozzarella Cheese	1 oz (28g)	85
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Oregano	1 tsp dried (1.8g)	5
Pizza	not in our table	0
Sauce	not in our table	0

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

Recipe from the Recipes Wiki (Fandom).

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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.

Tomato + oreganotop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,767 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-hexenal (green, leafy).
Beef + tomatotop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together5,448 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Tomato + mozzarella cheesetop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,577 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Beef + milktop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together3,759 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-hexanal (fruit).
Oregano + mozzarella cheesetop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together482 recipes

Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).

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

Swap the oregano

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beef, tomato, sauce, biscuit, egg, milk, mozzarella cheese):

Capersfits better
Oreganothe original
Nutmegfits about as well
Garlicfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against beef, tomato, sauce, biscuit, egg, milk, mozzarella cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.