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Creamy Polenta with Sausages and Roasted Grapes

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Creamy Polenta with Sausages and Roasted Grapes

Why it works: Thyme and shallot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,476 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Creamy Polenta with Sausages and Roasted Grapes

Makes 4 servings

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

710Calories
45 gProtein
43 gFat
31 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sausage100g cooked301
Chicken100g cooked165
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Red Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
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 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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Thyme + shallottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,476 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Thyme + peppertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,585 recipes

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

  3. Turkey + chickentop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together688 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-decenal (green, must).

  4. Butter + white winetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,083 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  5. Grape + white winetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together201 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

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

Swap the grape

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (thyme, pepper, butter, turkey, chicken, shallot, white wine):

  1. Lemonfits better
  2. Plumfits better
  3. Limefits about as well
  4. Grapethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against thyme, pepper, butter, turkey, chicken, shallot, white wine. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.