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Turkish Water Borek

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Turkish Water Borek

Why it works: Olive and spinach match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,971 recipes. Both carry 2-undecenal, which smells sweet. The science ↓

Turkish Water Borek

Makes 4 to 6 servings

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

938Calories
36 gProtein
38 gFat
114 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Wheatnot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By epicurious. 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.

  1. Olive + spinachtop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,971 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  2. Wheat + olivetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,100 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  3. Lemon + spinachtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,109 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  4. Olive + feta cheesetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,482 recipes

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

  5. Wheat + milktop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,418 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e,z)-2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, melon).

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

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, wheat, egg, olive, spinach, milk, feta cheese):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Lemonthe original
  3. Cherryfits about as well
  4. Blueberryfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, wheat, egg, olive, spinach, milk, feta cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.