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Gordon's Pizza

Gordon Ramsay won the pizza challenge with this authentic-looking recipe

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Gordon's Pizza

Why it works: Olive and capers match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,688 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Gordon's Pizza

Makes 4 pizzas
Prep35 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

930Calories
32 gProtein
29 gFat
136 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Capers1 tbsp (9g) drained2
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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. Olive + caperstop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,688 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Olive + basiltop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,063 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  3. Cherry tomato + basiltop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  4. Olive + cherry tomatotop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together24 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  5. Basil + caperstop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together246 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the cherry tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (bread, sugar, olive, basil, capers):

  1. Lemonfits better
  2. Avocadofits better
  3. Cherryfits better
  4. Cherry tomatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against bread, sugar, olive, basil, capers. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.