Name: Chorizo and Olive Flatbread Recipe
Yield: 20 servings as an hors d'oeuvre
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon olive oil; 1 medium yellow onion, halved and thinly sliced; 1 (14.5-ounce) can diced tomatoes, drained; 3 tablespoons harissa; 2 (11-inch) premade; or flatbreads, such as Boboli, baked and cooled; 3 ounces Spanish chorizo, thinly sliced; 1/2 cup oil-cured olives, pitted and coarsely chopped

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 ↓

Chorizo and Olive Flatbread Recipe

20 servings as an hors d'oeuvre

Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil
1 medium yellow onion, halved and thinly sliced
1 (14.5-ounce) can diced tomatoes, drained
3 tablespoons harissa
2 (11-inch) premade
or flatbreads, such as Boboli, baked and cooled
3 ounces Spanish chorizo, thinly sliced
1/2 cup oil-cured olives, pitted and coarsely chopped

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

189Calories

2 gProtein

14 gFat

15 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Olive	1 large (4g)	4
Harissa	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.

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.

Olive + tomatotop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together15,539 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Onion + tomatotop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together20,633 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Olive + oniontop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together29,779 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Tomato + harissatop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together91 recipes

Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).
Olive + harissatop 18% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together199 recipes

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

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 (olive, onion, tomato):

Garlicfits better
Cuminfits better
Thymefits better
Harissathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, onion, tomato. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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