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Griddled Courgette Carpaccio with Chickpea Salsa Recipe

A gorgeous vegetarian dish made from griddled courgette, a homemade chickpea salsa and a vibrant pistachio dressing.

By lovefood · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Why it works: Pistachio and chickpea share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 11 recipes mention both. Both carry nonanal, which smells fat, citrus. The science ↓

The recipe

4 people
Prep25 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

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

Directions

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By lovefood. 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. Pistachio + chickpeatop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together11 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  2. Pepper + lemontop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together27,039 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  3. Garlic + olivetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together23,449 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Garlic + chickpeatop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together812 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Olive + chickpeatop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together942 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl butyrate (fruity, apple).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the pistachio

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (white wine, garlic, olive, pepper, sugar, chickpea, lemon):

  1. Beansbetter flavor fit
  2. Sesamebetter flavor fit
  3. Peasbetter flavor fit
  4. Pistachiothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against white wine, garlic, olive, pepper, sugar, chickpea, lemon. 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).