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Orange-Glazed Asparagus

"Asparagus cooked in a skillet and topped with a fragrant glaze. Great with Cornish hens."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Orange-Glazed Asparagus

Why it works: Asparagus and olive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,096 recipes. Both carry trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Orange-Glazed Asparagus

8 servings

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

208Calories
4 gProtein
14 gFat
20 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Asparagus6 spears (90g)27
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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. Asparagus + olivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,096 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  2. Olive + orangetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,456 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  3. Asparagus + orangetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together94 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

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

Swap the orange

The recipe marks orange as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (asparagus, olive):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Lemonfits better
  3. Cherryfits better
  4. Orangethe original

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