Name: White Beans with Tasso
Yield: Makes 8 servings
Ingredients: 3 1/4 cups (or more) water; 12 ounces dried Great Northern beans (about 1 3/4 cups), rinsed; 1 smoked ham hock (8 to 9 ounces); 1 1/2 ounces tasso* or andouille sausage, finely diced (generous 1/3 cup); 1 small onion, chopped; 2 large celery stalks, chopped; 1 small red bell pepper, diced; 2 medium garlic cloves, chopped; 2 bay leaves

Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

White Beans with Tasso

Makes 8 servings

Ingredients

3 1/4 cups (or more) water
12 ounces dried Great Northern beans (about 1 3/4 cups), rinsed
1 smoked ham hock (8 to 9 ounces)
1 1/2 ounces tasso* or andouille sausage, finely diced (generous 1/3 cup)
1 small onion, chopped
2 large celery stalks, chopped
1 small red bell pepper, diced
2 medium garlic cloves, chopped
2 bay leaves

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

329Calories

30 gProtein

15 gFat

19 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 8 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Pork	100g cooked	242
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Bell Pepper	1 medium (119g)	31
Celery Stalks	1 stalk (40g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Bay Leaf	1 leaf (0.6g)	2
Water	not in our table	0
Bean	not in our table	0

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.

Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Pepper + clovetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together17,451 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).
Celery + peppertop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together16,012 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Beans + garlictop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,935 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Beans + celerytop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,159 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beans, ham, onion, celery, pepper, garlic):

Parsleyfits better
Thymefits better
Cuminfits better
Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against beans, ham, onion, celery, pepper, garlic. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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