Name: Beet Ravioli with Pine Nut "Goat Cheese" Rosemary-Cream Sauce, Aged Balsamic Vinegar
Ingredients: 4 cups pine nuts, soaked 1 hour or more; 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil; 2 medium shallots, peeled and diced; Zest of 1 lemon; 1/2 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice; 4 teaspoons nutritional yeast; 2 1/2 teaspoons sea salt; Freshly ground black pepper; 1 teaspoon minced rosemary; 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice; 3/4 cup filtered water; Pinch of sea salt; 1 clove garlic, peeled; Freshly ground black pepper; 2 medium beets (2 inches in diameter or more), peeled; 2 tablespoons macadamia oil, or other nut oil, or extra-virgin olive oil; 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice; 1/2 teaspoon sea salt; 2 tablespoons high-quality aged balsamic vinegar; Microgreens or other herbs, for garnish

Why it works: Pine and rosemary share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 65 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

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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.

Pine + rosemarytop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together65 recipes

Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
Lemon + rosemarytop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together845 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together25,665 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Olive + rosemarytop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,590 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Lemon + peppertop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together27,047 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

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

Swap the shallot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pine, olive, lemon, pepper, rosemary, clove, garlic):

Spinachfits better
Eggplantfits better
Kalefits better
Shallotthe original

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

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Pine Nut	1 oz (28g)	191
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Beet	1/2 cup (85g)	35
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Rosemary	1 tsp dried (1.2g)	4
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Water	not in our table	0
Macadamia	not in our table	0
Nut	not in our table	0

Beet Ravioli with Pine Nut "Goat Cheese" Rosemary-Cream Sauce, Aged Balsamic Vinegar