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Grilled Cauliflower

"I got something like this at a restaurant and it was wonderful."

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Grilled Cauliflower

Why it works: Cauliflower and olive share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 97 recipes. Both carry 2-heptenal, which smells green. The science ↓

Grilled Cauliflower

4 servings
Prep10 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

223Calories
4 gProtein
14 gFat
24 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
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.

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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. Cauliflower + olivetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together97 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptenal (green).

  2. Cauliflower + sugartop 29% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together497 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent).

  3. Olive + sugartop 35% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together12,483 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent).

Olive and sugar barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 12,483 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the cauliflower

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, sugar):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Tomatofits better
  3. Sweet potatofits better
  4. Cauliflowerthe original

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