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Butternut & Rosemary Pizza

This easy, flavour-packed pizza uses a pack of bread mix and doesn't need to be left to rise

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Olive and rosemary match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 2,489 recipes mention both. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4 - 6
Prep15 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Heat the oven to 220°C (425°F). Make the dough from the bread mix following the pack instructions, using water as the pack directs. Knead until smooth, cover and rest for 10 minutes.

  2. Toss the butternut squash cubes with the olive oil, spread them on a baking tray and roast for about 20 minutes, until tender and lightly browned at the edges.

  3. Meanwhile, warm a little olive oil in a frying pan over medium heat. Add the sliced red onions and cook for about 8 minutes, until soft.

  4. Stir in the caster sugar and balsamic vinegar and cook for about 5 minutes, until the onions are sticky and glossy. Set aside.

  5. Press the dough out on a lightly oiled baking tray or pizza pan into a rough round about 30 cm (12 inches) across.

  6. Spread the onions over the base, scatter the roasted squash on top, then sprinkle over the chopped rosemary leaves and crumble the feta over the top.

  7. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, until the crust is golden and the feta is lightly browned.

  8. Drizzle with a little more olive oil if you like, decorate with the extra rosemary sprigs, slice and serve.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Olive + rosemarytop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,489 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Olive + feta cheesetop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,438 recipes

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

  3. Onion + feta cheesetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,030 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl butyrate (apple, fruity).

  4. Butternut squash + rosemarytop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together88 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Bread + olivetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together999 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (bread, olive, butternut squash, rosemary, sugar, vinegar, feta cheese):

  1. Tomatobetter flavor fit
  2. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  3. Cucumberbetter flavor fit
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against bread, olive, butternut squash, rosemary, sugar, vinegar, feta cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).