Name: Courgette, Chilli & Mint Pizzas
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: 2 large flatbreads or 4 small, white or wholemeal; olive oil; 2 courgettes , cut into ribbons using a potato peeler; 1 garlic clove , crushed; 1 red chilli , finely sliced, use a larger one for a milder flavour and a bird's-eye if you like things hot; 1 ball mozzarella , torn into pieces; a handful mint

Why it works: Olive and garlic are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 25,665 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Courgette, Chilli & Mint Pizzas

Serves 2

Ingredients

2 large flatbreads or 4 small, white or wholemeal
olive oil
2 courgettes , cut into ribbons using a potato peeler
1 garlic clove , crushed
1 red chilli , finely sliced, use a larger one for a milder flavour and a bird's-eye if you like things hot
1 ball mozzarella , torn into pieces
a handful mint

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

376Calories

11 gProtein

20 gFat

40 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Mozzarella Cheese	1 oz (28g)	85
Clove	1 tsp ground (2g)	7
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Peppermint	not in our table	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.

Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together25,665 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Potato + garlictop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,517 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Olive + potatotop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together6,458 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).
Clove + minttop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together576 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Garlic + clovetop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together11,368 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

Swap the mint

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

Rosemaryfits better
Thymefits better
Cuminfits better
Mintthe original

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

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