Name: Octapodi Kokkinisto
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 2 pounds octopus, cut into 3-inch pieces; 3/4 cup olive oil; 8 small red onions, cut into thin wedges; 3 bay leaves; 2 cups crushed tomatoes; 1/2 teaspoon sea salt; freshly ground black pepper to taste

Octapodi Kokkinisto

"Octopus is an incomparable treat. I love it grilled, in a salad or in tomato sauce. For many, cooking octopus may seem daunting - but I assure you, it couldn't be easier. Serve this dish with hand-cut french fries or with rice. Never add water; you want the octopus to cook in its own juices for best flavor."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients

Why it works: Olive and tomato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and 15,539 recipes mention both. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Octapodi Kokkinisto

6 servings

Prep20 min

Cook1 hr 10 min

Ingredients

2 pounds octopus, cut into 3-inch pieces
3/4 cup olive oil
8 small red onions, cut into thin wedges
3 bay leaves
2 cups crushed tomatoes
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
freshly ground black pepper to taste

Directions

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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.

Olive + tomatotop 1% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together15,539 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Tomato + peppertop 7% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together17,923 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Onion + tomatotop 8% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together20,633 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Olive + oniontop 8% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together29,779 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Onion + peppertop 11% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together68,474 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the onion

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

Capsicumbetter flavor fit
Eggplantbetter flavor fit
Spinachbetter flavor fit
Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, tomato, 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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