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Greek Pizza

By aspicyperspective · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Greek Pizza

Why it works: Olive and feta cheese are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,482 recipes. Both carry methyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells apple, fatty. The science ↓

Greek Pizza

2 - 12 inch pizzas
Cook6 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

941Calories
25 gProtein
27 gFat
154 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 13 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Hummus1 tbsp (15g)25
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Arugula1 cup (20g)5
Olive1 large (4g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pizzanot in our table0
Waternot 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.

By aspicyperspective. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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 + feta cheesetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,482 recipes

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

  2. Olive + cherrytop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,889 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyl acetate (fruit).

  3. Bread + olivetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,091 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  4. Sugar + flourtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together92,116 recipes

    Shared aroma: phenylacetaldehyde (hawthorne, honey).

  5. Flour + cherrytop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,623 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

Swap the arugula

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, bread, flour, olive, cherry, feta cheese):

  1. Tomatofits better
  2. Capsicumfits better
  3. Cucumberfits better
  4. Arugulathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, bread, flour, olive, cherry, feta cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.