Name: Antipasto Hummus Layered Party Dip
Ingredients: 20 ounces Roasted Red Pepper Hummus (2 regular containers); 8 ounces store bought Pesto; 4 ounces sharp provolone cheese, diced; 1/2 cup oil cured olives; 1/4 cup sundried tomatoes, diced; 1/4 cup sundried or roasted red peppers, diced; 1/2 cup marinated artichoke hearts

Why it works: Olive and tomato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 15,539 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Antipasto Hummus Layered Party Dip

Ingredients

20 ounces Roasted Red Pepper Hummus (2 regular containers)
8 ounces store bought Pesto
4 ounces sharp provolone cheese, diced
1/2 cup oil cured olives
1/4 cup sundried tomatoes, diced
1/4 cup sundried or roasted red peppers, diced
1/2 cup marinated artichoke hearts

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

344Calories

14 gProtein

24 gFat

24 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Provolone Cheese	1 oz (28g)	100
Artichoke	1 medium (128g)	60
Hummus	1 tbsp (15g)	25
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Olive	1 large (4g)	4

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

Recipe from Foodista.

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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 + tomatotop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together15,539 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Olive + artichoketop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together745 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Pepper + tomatotop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together17,923 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Tomato + artichoketop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together354 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
Pepper + artichoketop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,170 recipes

Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

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

Swap the tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pepper, provolone cheese, olive, artichoke):

Spinachfits better
Lettucefits about as well
Tomatothe original
Capsicumfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against pepper, provolone cheese, olive, artichoke. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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