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Healthy Pizza Alternative

A quick, healthy, easy alternative to pizza

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Healthy Pizza Alternative

Why it works: Olive and tomato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 15,539 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Healthy Pizza Alternative

Makes 4 pizzas

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

821Calories
24 gProtein
25 gFat
124 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 7 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Corn Tortilla1 medium flour (45g)140
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Pizzanot in our table0
Toppingnot 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. Olive + tomatotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,539 recipes

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

  2. Olive + mozzarella cheesetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,773 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

  3. Tomato + mozzarella cheesetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,577 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Flour + olivetop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together16,871 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Flour + tomatotop 22% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,065 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

Swap the tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, olive, mozzarella cheese):

  1. Eggplantfits better
  2. Tomatothe original
  3. Spinachfits less well
  4. Capsicumfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, olive, mozzarella cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.