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Brie Pizza

A pizza topped with garlic‑infused olive oil, grape tomatoes, pine nuts, Brie, basil, and Gruyère cheese.

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Why it works: Olive and tomato 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 ↓

Brie Pizza

Oven400°F
Timeabout 15 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the garlic oil

  1. Warm ⅓ cup olive oil over medium‑low heat.

  2. Add garlic, parsley, and red pepper flakes.

  3. Cook, stirring often, for 4 to 5 minutes or until garlic has softened.

  4. Set aside to cool.

Assemble the pizzas

  1. Roll out two circles of dough.

  2. Coat deep‑dish pizza pans with remaining olive oil and sprinkle with cornmeal.

  3. Place dough circles in the pans and press dough up the sides.

  4. Divide garlic‑olive oil mixture over the two pizzas and spread over the bottom of the crust.

  5. Spread 1½ cups of halved grape tomatoes over each crust.

  6. Followed by ½ cup of pine nuts.

  7. Divide Brie between the two pizzas and distribute evenly over the crusts.

  8. Sprinkle fresh basil leaves and ½ cup of Gruyère cheese over each pizza.

Bake

  1. Preheat oven to 400°F.

  2. Bake pizzas until crust is light brown and cheese is melted and bubbly, about 15 minutes.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

547Calories
14 gProtein
46 gFat
28 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 12 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pine1 oz (28g)191
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Pizzanot in our table0
Brienot 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. Olive + tomatotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,539 recipes

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

  2. Parsley + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  3. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Garlic + tomatotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,076 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  5. Garlic + parsleytop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,308 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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

What each ingredient does

Pizza dough
Forms the crust that holds the toppings and browns in the oven.
Brie
Melts into a creamy, gooey layer that gives the pizza its rich texture.
Gruyère cheese
Melts and browns on top, adding savory flavor and a golden surface.
Grape tomatoes
Release moisture and sweetness as they bake, keeping the topping juicy.
Olive oil
Carries the garlic flavor and helps the crust brown and crisp.
Pine nuts
Add toasty, buttery crunch that contrasts with the soft cheese.

The step that matters

Cooking the garlic until softened. Garlic cooked over medium‑low heat turns mellow and sweet, while higher heat can scorch it and make it bitter, which would carry through the whole pizza.

Swap the grape

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, garlic, clove, parsley, pepper, tomato, pine):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Lemonfits better
  3. Avocadofits better
  4. Grapethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, garlic, clove, parsley, pepper, tomato, pine. 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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