Skip to main content

Pinto Bean Spread

"This is a quick and easy spread/dip that's perfect for last minute company. Can be served with French bread, crostini, crudites, toast points, or crackers."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
Jump to recipe ↓
Pinto Bean Spread

Why it works: Lemon and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,037 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Pinto Bean Spread

16 servings
Prep15 min

Ingredients

Directions

Step-by-step directions aren't available for this recipe. See the full recipe at the source →

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

343Calories
20 gProtein
17 gFat
31 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pinto Bean1/2 cup (86g) canned122
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cottage Cheese1/2 cup (113g) 2%98
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
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.

Explore the science

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. Lemon + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,037 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Parsley + dilltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together669 recipes

    Shared aroma: p-mentha-1,3,8-triene (camphor, herbal).

  3. Lemon + dilltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together976 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  4. Garlic + parsleytop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,308 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  5. Beans + garlictop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,935 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beans, cottage cheese, garlic, lemon, parsley, dill, butter):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Oreganofits better
  3. Capersfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against beans, cottage cheese, garlic, lemon, parsley, dill, butter. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.