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Flatbread Pizzas

Whizz up your own homemade houmous and spread onto flatbreads then add toppings for a healthy pizza

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Flatbread Pizzas

Why it works: Chickpea and cumin match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 473 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Flatbread Pizzas

Serves 5
Prep15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

517Calories
18 gProtein
27 gFat
57 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 12 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chickpea1/2 cup canned (120g) drained134
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Pomegranate1/2 cup seeds (87g)72
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Waternot in our table0
Seednot 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 bbcgoodfood. 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. Chickpea + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together473 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Chickpea + pomegranatetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together21 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  3. Lemon + dilltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together976 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  4. Cumin + pomegranatetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together96 recipes

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

  5. Garlic + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,082 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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 (chickpea, lemon, garlic, cumin, feta cheese, dill, pomegranate):

  1. Corianderfits better
  2. Oreganofits better
  3. Parsleyfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chickpea, lemon, garlic, cumin, feta cheese, dill, pomegranate. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.