Name: Mediterranean Eggplant on a Stick
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 25 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: ½ teaspoons Salt And Pepper, to taste; 1 pound All Spice; 8 Ground Beef; 2 cups Medium-sized Italian Eggplants; 1 cup FOR THE TOMATO AND CUCUMBER SALAD:; ½ cups Diced Tomatoes; 2 Tablespoons Diced Cucumber; 2 Tablespoons Diced Scallions

Why it works: Eggplant and cucumber match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 214 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Mediterranean Eggplant on a Stick

Serves 2

Prep30 min

Cook25 min

Ingredients

½ teaspoons Salt And Pepper, to taste
1 pound All Spice
8 Ground Beef
2 cups Medium-sized Italian Eggplants
1 cup FOR THE TOMATO AND CUCUMBER SALAD:
½ cups Diced Tomatoes
2 Tablespoons Diced Cucumber
2 Tablespoons Diced Scallions

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

373Calories

30 gProtein

16 gFat

28 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Beef	100g cooked	250
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Eggplant	1 cup cubed (82g)	35
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Cucumber	1/2 cup sliced (52g)	16
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Salad	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By tastykitchen. 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.

Eggplant + cucumbertop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together214 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Eggplant + tomatotop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together651 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
Tomato + cucumbertop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,405 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Pepper + tomatotop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together17,923 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Beef + tomatotop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together5,448 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 cucumber

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pepper, beef, eggplant, tomato):

Capsicumfits better
Okrafits better
Carrotfits better
Cucumberthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pepper, beef, eggplant, tomato. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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