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Calzone

Calzone is a folded Italian pizza which, by the sheer nature of its shape, is far more portable than a normal pizza and looks a bit like a Cornish pasty. Although the flavourings can be the same as for pizza, Italians often fill their calzone with leftover veg from the night before, or with various things that need using up, mixed with lovely tomatoes and some melting mozzarella. Great served hot or cold.

By jamieoliver · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Calzone

Why it works: Shiitake and chestnut share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 38 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Calzone

Serves 4

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

853Calories
26 gProtein
34 gFat
114 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 14 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Shiitake1/2 cup (73g)34
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pizzanot in our table0
Chestnutnot 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 jamieoliver. 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. Shiitake + chestnuttop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together38 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Shiitake + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together292 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Shiitake + thymetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together86 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  4. Clove + thymetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,108 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  5. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, olive, mushroom, shiitake, chestnut, garlic, thyme):

  1. Rosemaryfits better
  2. Parsleyfits better
  3. Capersfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, olive, mushroom, shiitake, chestnut, garlic, thyme. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.