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Kibbeh Bil Siniyeh

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Why it works: Walnut and pine match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 311 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Kibbeh Bil Siniyeh

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

930Calories
57 gProtein
71 gFat
19 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 14 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Lamb100g cooked294
Beef100g cooked250
Pine1 oz (28g)191
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Allspice1 tsp ground (1.9g)5
Olive1 large (4g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Bulgurnot in our table0
Meatnot in our table0
Seednot 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. Walnut + pinetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together311 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Cinnamon + pinetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together152 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  3. Beef + lambtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together896 recipes

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

  4. Olive + pinetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,062 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Cinnamon + walnuttop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,147 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the cinnamon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, beef, walnut, pine, bulgur, lamb, meat):

  1. Cuminfits better
  2. Rosemaryfits better
  3. Parsleyfits better
  4. Cinnamonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, beef, walnut, pine, bulgur, lamb, meat. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.