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Chicken Spinach Alfredo Pizza

Babyface and I have been making (and eating!) this pizza since way back when we had a tiny galley kitchen in our first apartment after we got married. The kitchen was heinous but the pizza was awesome. We still love it and it reminds of our first few months as newlyweds.

By backtoherroots · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Chicken Spinach Alfredo Pizza

Why it works: Nutmeg and spinach match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 603 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Chicken Spinach Alfredo Pizza

(1 large pizza)
Prep15 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1166Calories
71 gProtein
45 gFat
119 gCarbs

Counts 14 of 15 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 14 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Chicken100g cooked165
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pizzanot 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 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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Nutmeg + spinachtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together603 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Pepper + spinachtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,400 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  3. Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  4. Nutmeg + peppertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together13,015 recipes

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

  5. Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

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

Swap the spinach

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, flour, cream, milk, nutmeg, pepper, chicken):

  1. Potatofits better
  2. Spinachthe original
  3. Capsicumfits about as well
  4. Leekfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, flour, cream, milk, nutmeg, pepper, chicken. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.