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White Wine Turkey Gravy

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White Wine Turkey Gravy

Why it works: Rosemary and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,324 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

White Wine Turkey Gravy

6 cups
Prep10 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

655Calories
44 gProtein
5 gFat
98 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Chicken100g cooked165
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Rosemary1 tsp dried (1.2g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Drippingnot in our table0

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. Rosemary + peppertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,324 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Turkey + rosemarytop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. White wine + rosemarytop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together412 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  4. Turkey + peppertop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,636 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  5. White wine + peppertop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,433 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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

Swap the rosemary

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

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Sagefits better
  3. Marjoramfits about as well
  4. Rosemarythe original

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