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Brie and Cranberry Pizza

"I love baked Brie. This is an easy and delicious way to prepare it. Any kind of jam may be used in place of cranberry sauce (I like raspberry). I have been told by many that they'd like to make a meal out of it."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Brie and cranberry work together. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and 13 recipes mention both. Both carry 3-methylbutanol, which smells malty, whiskey. The science ↓

The recipe

8 servings
Prep10 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk, tree nuts (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 375°F (190°C) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

  2. Unroll the crescent roll dough and press it into a 12-inch round or rectangle on the prepared sheet, pinching the seams together.

  3. Bake the dough for 8 to 10 minutes until it is just beginning to turn golden and set.

  4. Spread the whole berry cranberry sauce evenly over the partially baked crust, leaving a small border.

  5. Scatter the cubed Brie over the cranberry sauce, then sprinkle the chopped pecans on top.

  6. Bake for 5 to 7 minutes more, until the Brie is melted and the crust is golden brown. Let cool for 5 minutes, then slice and serve warm.

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. Brie + cranberrytop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together13 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-methylbutanol (malty, whiskey).

  2. Berry + cranberrytop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together68 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  3. Brie + cheesetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together161 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

  4. Cranberry + pecanstop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together33 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  5. Brie + pecanstop 10% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together14 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

Flavor stand-ins for the pecans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (brie, cheese, berry, cranberry, sauce):

  1. Walnutbetter flavor fit
  2. Almondbetter flavor fit
  3. Beansabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Pecansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against brie, cheese, berry, cranberry, sauce. 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).