Name: Burnt Carrots with Goat Cheese, Parsley, Arugula, and Crispy Garlic Chips
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar; 1/2 cup plus 1 to 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil; Coarse salt and freshly ground black pepper; 8 medium carrots (about 1 1/4 pounds), peeled; 1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme; 1 small bunch flat-leaf parsley, leaves only; 2 bunches arugula, trimmed, washed, and dried; 6 ounces Bûcheron or similar goat cheese, sliced 1/2 inch thick

Why it works: Arugula and goat cheese work together. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 65 recipes mention both. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 8

Ingredients

Contains: milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
1/2 cup plus 1 to 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
Coarse salt and freshly ground black pepper
8 medium carrots (about 1 1/4 pounds), peeled
1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme
1 small bunch flat-leaf parsley, leaves only
2 bunches arugula, trimmed, washed, and dried
6 ounces Bûcheron or similar goat cheese, sliced 1/2 inch thick

Directions

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By epicurious. 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

Arugula + goat cheesetop 4% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together65 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Carrot + parsleytop 1% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together8,053 recipes

Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).
Thyme + parsleytop 1% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together9,057 recipes

Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).
Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together34,118 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Carrot + thymetop 3% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together4,563 recipes

Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the thyme

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (red wine, vinegar, olive, pepper, carrot, parsley, arugula):

Thymethe original
Rosemaryabout as good a flavor fit
Basilabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against red wine, vinegar, olive, pepper, carrot, parsley, arugula. 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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