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Blue Cheese and Asparagus Pizza

"My mother used to make this pizza; she didn't cook much so you know it's easy! And it tastes great!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Asparagus and blue cheese share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and 11 recipes mention both. Both carry 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine, which smells cocoa, roasted. The science ↓

The recipe

6 servings
Prep10 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk (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. Preheat the oven to 425°F (220°C) and set a rack in the lower third.

  2. Toss the snapped asparagus pieces with the olive oil, salt and black pepper on a rimmed baking sheet, then spread them in one layer.

  3. Roast the asparagus for 8 to 10 minutes, until just tender and starting to brown at the tips.

  4. Spread the pizza sauce evenly over the prebaked pizza crust, leaving a small border.

  5. Scatter the roasted asparagus over the sauce and sprinkle the crumbled blue cheese on top.

  6. Bake the pizza directly on the rack or a baking sheet for 8 to 10 minutes, until the crust is crisp and the cheese is melted and lightly golden.

  7. Let the pizza rest for 2 minutes, then cut into 6 slices and serve.

By allrecipes. 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. Asparagus + blue cheesetop 10% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together11 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).

  2. Asparagus + olivetop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,027 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  3. Olive + blue cheesetop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together314 recipes

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

  4. Asparagus + peppertop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,968 recipes

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

  5. Olive + peppertop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together27,398 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptenal (green).

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