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Scrumptious Layered Pie

A layered pie with tomato, sausage, peppers, mushrooms, onions, and cheese, baked until golden.

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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 ↓

Scrumptious Layered Pie

Oven350–400°F
Timeabout 20 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the filling

  1. Sauté onion, peppers, and mushrooms separately in a frying pan with 1 teaspoon olive oil, salt, pepper, and garlic powder until tender. Set each cooked ingredient aside in a small bowl or plate.

  2. Crumb and cook sausage in the same pan with garlic powder until done; drain grease and set aside.

Assemble the pie

  1. Lightly brown the frozen pie crust a few minutes in an oven at 350–400°F; remove immediately.

  2. Sprinkle the bottom of the pie crust with 1 tablespoon flour, then arrange tomato slices over the crust until the bottom is covered.

  3. Sprinkle remaining flour evenly over the tomatoes; season with salt, pepper, garlic powder, and 1 teaspoon oregano.

  4. Layer the cooked peppers, mushrooms, onions, and sausage onto the pie.

  5. In a separate bowl, mix mayonnaise, mozzarella, fontina, ¼ teaspoon garlic powder, and remaining oregano with a fork; spread the mixture over the pie and sprinkle chopped scallions on top.

Bake and serve

  1. Bake at 400°F until golden brown, about 20 minutes; remove, let cool, and cut into slices.

  2. Serve the pie hot or cold.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1278Calories
51 gProtein
64 gFat
125 gCarbs

Counts 14 of 15 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 14 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Sausage100g cooked301
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Oregano1 tsp dried (1.8g)5
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pie Crustnot 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. Mozzarella cheese + cheesetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together421 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  3. Mushroom + olivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,571 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  4. Mozzarella cheese + olivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,773 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

  5. Tomato + mushroomtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,719 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

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

What each ingredient does

Tomatoes
Provide moisture and acidity, adding fresh flavor under the cheese topping.
Mayonnaise
Adds fat and moisture, helping the topping stay creamy and brown during baking.
Mozzarella and fontina cheese
Melt into a stretchy topping and brown on the surface when baked.
Flour
Absorbs tomato juice so the crust stays drier and the filling holds together.
Sausage
Contributes savory, meaty flavor and fat to the filling.

The step that matters

Pre-baking the frozen crust. Lightly browning the crust before filling helps it firm up and resist sogginess from the juicy tomatoes and moist toppings, so it stays crisp when baked again.

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (tomato, pepper, mushroom, mozzarella cheese, cheese, flour, olive):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Eggplantfits better
  3. Spinachfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against tomato, pepper, mushroom, mozzarella cheese, cheese, flour, olive. 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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