Name: Mushroom & Herb Flatbread Pizza Recipe
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 2 Tbsp. olive oil; 1/2 cup chopped red onion; 3 cups sliced portobello mushrooms; 3 cups sliced crimini mushrooms; 3 cloves garlic; 2 Tbsp. chopped fresh thyme or sage; 1/4 cup white wine; 1 flatbread; 2 cups (8 oz.) Sargento® Artisan Blends® Shredded Whole Milk Mozzarella and Provolone Cheese, dividedHeat oil in large nonstick skillet over medium heat.

Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Mushroom & Herb Flatbread Pizza Recipe

Serves 6

Ingredients

2 Tbsp. olive oil
1/2 cup chopped red onion
3 cups sliced portobello mushrooms
3 cups sliced crimini mushrooms
3 cloves garlic
2 Tbsp. chopped fresh thyme or sage
1/4 cup white wine
1 flatbread
2 cups (8 oz.) Sargento® Artisan Blends® Shredded Whole Milk Mozzarella and Provolone Cheese, dividedHeat oil in large nonstick skillet over medium heat.

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

547Calories

25 gProtein

36 gFat

29 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 10 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Provolone Cheese	1 oz (28g)	100
Mozzarella Cheese	1 oz (28g)	85
Red Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Wine	2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)	25
Mushroom	1/2 cup sliced (35g)	15
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Thyme	1 tsp dried (1.4g)	4
Sage	1 tsp ground (0.7g)	2

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By chow. 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.

Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Clove + thymetop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together4,108 recipes

Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).
Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together25,665 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Olive + thymetop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together4,948 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).
Garlic + thymetop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together5,608 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 (olive, onion, mushroom, garlic, thyme, white wine, milk):

Marjoramfits better
Rosemaryfits better
Oreganofits better
Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, onion, mushroom, garlic, thyme, white wine, milk. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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