Why it works: Chickpea and lettuce share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 48 recipes mention both. Both carry nonanal, which smells fat, citrus. The science ↓
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Makes 4 servingsIngredients
Contains: milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)
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The flavor team
The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.
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Chickpea + lettucetop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together48 recipes
Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).
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Artichoke + caperstop 1% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together77 recipes
Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
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Basil + lemontop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together1,820 recipes
Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
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Lemon + peppertop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together27,039 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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Basil + peppertop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together5,292 recipes
Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Flavor stand-ins for the chickpea
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (artichoke, beef, basil, capers, lemon, olive, pepper):
- Chickpeathe original
- Beansabout as good a flavor fit
Fit is the average pairing score against artichoke, beef, basil, capers, lemon, olive, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).
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