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Stewed Mnshrooms, Spanish Style. Champignons Sautes a I'Espagnole.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Garlic and chive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,149 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Stewed Mnshrooms, Spanish Style. Champignons Sautes a I'Espagnole.

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

31Calories
3 gProtein
1 gFat
5 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Olive1 large (4g)4
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Chive1 tbsp (3g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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

Recipe from a historical cookbook.

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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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. Garlic + chivetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,149 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Parsley + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  3. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Parsley + chivetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,150 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Parsley + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,308 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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

Swap the chive

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (mushroom, olive, parsley, garlic, pepper):

  1. Spinachfits better
  2. Tomatofits about as well
  3. Eggplantfits about as well
  4. Chivethe original

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