Name: Star Wars Pizza
Ingredients: 2 pounds pizza dough, one pound for each pizza; 1 pound mozzarella cheese, grated - 8oz per pizza; 2 cups pizza sauce - 1 cup per pizza; 2 - 6oz cans sliced olives; 2 green bell peppers, sliced and blanched; 1 head of Broccoli, cut into florets and blanched; 1 cup sliced Mushrooms

Why it works: Olive and broccoli match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,460 recipes. Both carry 2-hexenal, which smells green, leafy. The science ↓

Star Wars Pizza

Ingredients

2 pounds pizza dough, one pound for each pizza
1 pound mozzarella cheese, grated - 8oz per pizza
2 cups pizza sauce - 1 cup per pizza
2 - 6oz cans sliced olives
2 green bell peppers, sliced and blanched
1 head of Broccoli, cut into florets and blanched
1 cup sliced Mushrooms

Directions

Roll out the dough. Spread the pizza sauce on the pizza. Arrange the toppings to look like the character of your choice! See photos for examples and ideas.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

190Calories

13 gProtein

8 gFat

20 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 7 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Mozzarella Cheese	1 oz (28g)	85
Broccoli	1 cup chopped (156g)	55
Green Bell Pepper	1 medium (119g)	31
Mushrooms	1/2 cup sliced (35g)	15
Olive	1 large (4g)	4
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.

Olive + broccolitop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,460 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-hexenal (green, leafy).
Olive + mushroomtop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,571 recipes

Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).
Mozzarella cheese + olivetop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,773 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).
Pepper + broccolitop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,747 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Mozzarella cheese + mushroomtop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together439 recipes

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

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

Swap the broccoli

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

Tomatofits better
Capsicumfits better
Spinachfits better
Broccolithe original

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