Name: Kale & Salami Calzone
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 1 ciabatta bread mix, made up to a dough and left to rise according to pack instructions; 12 small or 6 large slices salami , choose a piccante or peppery one; 2 garlic cloves , sliced; olive oil; 6 large leaves kale (about 120g), stalks removed, finely shredded and steamed for 4 minutes; a walnut-sized lump parmesan

Why it works: Garlic and kale match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 490 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Kale & Salami Calzone

Serves 4

Ingredients

1 ciabatta bread mix, made up to a dough and left to rise according to pack instructions
12 small or 6 large slices salami , choose a piccante or peppery one
2 garlic cloves , sliced
olive oil
6 large leaves kale (about 120g), stalks removed, finely shredded and steamed for 4 minutes
a walnut-sized lump parmesan

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

695Calories

24 gProtein

22 gFat

98 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 5 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Parmesan Cheese	1 oz (28g)	110
Spinach	1 cup raw (30g)	7
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4

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.

Garlic + kaletop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together490 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Garlic + olivetop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together25,665 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Olive + walnuttop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,087 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).
Olive + kaletop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together647 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Clove + kaletop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together95 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the walnut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (bread, salami, garlic, clove, olive, kale):

Chickpeafits better
Lentilsfits better
Beansfits better
Walnutthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against bread, salami, garlic, clove, olive, kale. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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