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Mandarin Orange Couscous

"A quick and easy side dish that's sure to impress, this is a refreshing change to plain couscous."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 3 ingredients
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Mandarin Orange Couscous

Why it works: Pine and nuts work together. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 15 recipes. Both carry 2,3-pentanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓

Mandarin Orange Couscous

4 servings
Prep5 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

429Calories
11 gProtein
20 gFat
55 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pine Nut1 oz (28g)191
Couscous1 cup cooked (157g)176
Mandarin Orange1 medium (131g)62

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

By allrecipes. 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.

  1. Pine + nutstop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

  2. Mandarin orange + pinetop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4 recipes

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

  3. Mandarin orange + nutstop 33% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

Swap the mandarin orange

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pine, nuts):

  1. Coconutfits better
  2. Raisinfits better
  3. Lemonfits better
  4. Mandarin orangethe original

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