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Prosciutto, Basil and Olive Pizza Recipe

I wanted to make a pizza modeled after my favorite and 2nd favorite pizza places, Pepe’s Pizza in New Haven, CT and Vic and Angelo’s in Palm Beach Gardens, Fl...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Basil and prosciutto work together. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and 134 recipes mention both. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Basil + prosciuttotop 14% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together134 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  2. Basil + olivetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,868 recipes

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

  3. Parmesan cheese + olivetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,076 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  4. Parmesan cheese + basiltop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,599 recipes

    Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).

  5. Parmesan cheese + prosciuttotop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together140 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

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