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Harissa-Pancetta Breakfast Pizza Recipe

Pizza for breakfast may sound weird to anyone out of college, but this pizza has all the components of a classic breakfast: cheesy eggs (with hot sauce), bacon...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Harissa-Pancetta Breakfast Pizza Recipe

Why it works: Olive and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 30,263 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Harissa-Pancetta Breakfast Pizza Recipe

4 (7-inch) pizzas
Cook2 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

836Calories
27 gProtein
27 gFat
120 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 11 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0
Pizzanot in our table0
Harissanot 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 chow. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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.

  1. Olive + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together30,263 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  2. Flour + sugartop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together92,116 recipes

    Shared aroma: phenylacetaldehyde (hawthorne, honey).

  3. Flour + eggtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together106,462 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Harissa + peppertop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together90 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  5. Olive + harissatop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together199 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

Flour and egg barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 106,462 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the harissa

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, sugar, olive, egg, pepper):

  1. Turmericfits better
  2. Cinnamonfits better
  3. Nutmegfits better
  4. Harissathe original

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