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Chicken and Cranberry Pizza with Brie and Almonds

"Brie and cranberry sauce pair with chicken, mozzarella, and almonds in this unusual pizza."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Cranberry and almond share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 41 recipes mention both. Both carry 3-methylbutanol, which smells malty, whiskey. The science ↓

The recipe

6 slices
Prep25 min
Cook10 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 425°F (218°C) with a rack in the middle, and set the pizza crust on a baking sheet or pizza pan.

  2. If the shredded chicken is raw, cook it in a dry skillet over medium heat, stirring, until it reaches 165°F (74°C) in the thickest part, then let it cool slightly. Cooked chicken only needs to be warmed through.

  3. Spread the whole-berry cranberry sauce evenly over the crust, leaving a 1/2-inch border around the edge.

  4. Scatter the shredded chicken over the cranberry sauce, then top with the mozzarella and the Brie chunks.

  5. Sprinkle the slivered almonds evenly over the cheese.

  6. Bake for about 10 minutes, until the cheese is melted and bubbling and the crust edges are golden.

  7. Scatter the sliced green onions over the hot pizza, let it rest for 3 minutes, then cut into 6 slices.

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. Cranberry + almondtop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together41 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. Chicken + oniontop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together17,808 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  4. Berry + almondtop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together14 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Cranberry + chickentop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together148 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 (berry, cranberry, sauce, chicken, brie, almond):

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

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