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Cpk’s Tuscan Hummus Made Skinny...

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Why it works: Beans and sesame match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 293 recipes. Both carry trans-2-nonenal, which smells cardboard, fatty. The science ↓

Cpk’s Tuscan Hummus Made Skinny...

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

502Calories
10 gProtein
25 gFat
70 gCarbs

Counts 14 of 18 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 14 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Tahini1 tbsp (15g)89
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Pita Bread1 slice (30g) white79
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Cayenne1 tsp (1.8g)6
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Olive1 large (4g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Beannot in our table0
Waternot in our table0
Saucenot in our table0
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.

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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. Beans + sesametop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together293 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  2. Garlic + olivetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Garlic + sesametop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,000 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  4. Beans + olivetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,470 recipes

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

  5. Sesame + olivetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,111 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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

Swap the garlic

The recipe marks garlic as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (clove, beans, tahini, sesame, lemon, olive, sauce):

  1. Cuminfits better
  2. Garlicthe original
  3. Gingerfits about as well
  4. Corianderfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against clove, beans, tahini, sesame, lemon, olive, sauce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.