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Caramelized Onion, Bacon and Goat Cheese Pizza

Caramelizing onions can be a simple process, but it takes a bit of patience. Make sure to caramelize on the lowest setting your stove will go on. Any higher than that and you risk burning the onions.

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Why it works: Onion and goat cheese work together. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 291 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl butyrate, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

The recipe

(1 large pizza)
Prep30 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Let the pizza dough rest at room temperature while you prepare the toppings.

  2. Cook the bacon in a large skillet over medium heat for about 8 minutes, stirring, until crisp. Move the bacon to paper towels and leave the fat in the pan.

  3. Add the sliced onions to the bacon fat and cook over medium-low heat for about 10 minutes, stirring often, until soft and golden.

  4. Stir the honey into the onions and cook 2 more minutes until glossy. Remove from heat.

  5. Preheat the oven to 475°F (246°C) with a baking sheet or pizza stone inside.

  6. Stretch the dough by hand into a large round or oval on a lightly oiled or parchment-lined sheet or peel.

  7. Crumble or dollop the goat cheese over the dough, then sprinkle the mozzarella on top.

  8. Scatter the caramelized onions and bacon pieces over the cheese.

  9. Slide the pizza onto the hot baking sheet or stone and bake 10 to 12 minutes, until the crust is deep golden and the cheese is bubbling.

  10. Rest the pizza for 2 minutes, then slice and serve.

By backtoherroots. 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Onion + goat cheesetop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together291 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl butyrate (apple, fruity).

  2. Honey + goat cheesetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together98 recipes

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

  3. Onion + honeytop 15% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,776 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetal (cream, earthy).

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