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Spinach and Tomato Filo Pastry Parcels

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By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Spinach and tomato match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 1,350 recipes mention both. Both carry trans-2-decenal, which smells waxy, orange. The science ↓

The recipe

2 individual pastries

Ingredients

Contains: milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

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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. Spinach + tomatotop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,350 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  2. Butter + mushroomtop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together12,516 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  3. Tomato + feta cheesetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together828 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  4. Mushroom + tomatotop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,718 recipes

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

  5. Spinach + feta cheesetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together374 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

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