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White Beans with Squid, Arugula, and Cherry Tomatoes

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Squid and beans work together. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and 21 recipes mention both. Both carry 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine, which smells cocoa, roasted. The science ↓

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Makes 4 servings

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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.

  1. Squid + beanstop 10% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together21 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).

  2. Beans + olivetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,080 recipes

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

  3. Olive + lemontop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together10,849 recipes

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

  4. Squid + olivetop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together203 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  5. Cherry tomato + olivetop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together26 recipes

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

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

Flavor stand-ins for the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (squid, arugula, cherry tomato, beans, olive):

  1. Avocadobetter flavor fit
  2. Lemonthe original
  3. Cherryabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Limeabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against squid, arugula, cherry tomato, beans, olive. 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).