Name: Pizza on Turkish Flatbread
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 1 large turkish flatbread, around 25cmx25cm; 75g pesto; 2 larges pork sausages, already grilled and cooked, sliced into medium thick slices; 4-5 sundried tomatoes, cut into pieces; 200g mozzarella, grated; 25g parmesan, finely grated; 3 handful of rocket, chopped; Salt, pepper

Why it works: Tomato and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 17,923 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Pizza on Turkish Flatbread

Serves 8

Ingredients

1 large turkish flatbread, around 25cmx25cm
75g pesto
2 larges pork sausages, already grilled and cooked, sliced into medium thick slices
4-5 sundried tomatoes, cut into pieces
200g mozzarella, grated
25g parmesan, finely grated
3 handful of rocket, chopped
Salt, pepper

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

524Calories

30 gProtein

41 gFat

10 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Pork Sausage	100g cooked	301
Parmesan Cheese	1 oz (28g)	110
Mozzarella Cheese	1 oz (28g)	85
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Salt	1 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.

Tomato + peppertop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together17,923 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Pork + tomatotop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,843 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Pork + peppertop 16% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together22,121 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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 (pork, pepper):

Capsicumfits better
Potatofits better
Tomatothe original
Carrotfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against pork, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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