Name: Leek, Chorizo and Goat's Cheese Tortilla Recipe
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 4 people
Ingredients: 1 olive oil; tbsp chorizo sausage, use the cooking type if you can, sliced; 80 medium leeks, trimmed and sliced; g leftover (new or old) cooked potatoes, thickly sliced; 3 or 4 sprigs fresh rosemary, needles roughly chopped; 500 large eggs, beaten and seasoned with salt and pepper; g goat's cheese, or use mozzarella or another melting cheese

Why it works: Olive and rosemary are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,590 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Leek, Chorizo and Goat's Cheese Tortilla Recipe

4 people

Prep5 min

Cook20 min

Ingredients

1 olive oil
tbsp chorizo sausage, use the cooking type if you can, sliced
80 medium leeks, trimmed and sliced
g leftover (new or old) cooked potatoes, thickly sliced
3 or 4 sprigs fresh rosemary, needles roughly chopped
500 large eggs, beaten and seasoned with salt and pepper
g goat's cheese, or use mozzarella or another melting cheese

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

852Calories

52 gProtein

49 gFat

51 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 10 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Pork	100g cooked	242
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Mozzarella Cheese	1 oz (28g)	85
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Rosemary	1 tsp dried (1.2g)	4
Salt	1 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 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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Olive + rosemarytop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,590 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Rosemary + peppertop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,324 recipes

Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
Potato + rosemarytop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together708 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
Leek + potatotop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together30 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Olive + potatotop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together6,458 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

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

Swap the leek

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, potato, rosemary, egg, pepper, cheese):

Capsicumfits better
Tomatofits better
Spinachfits better
Leekthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, potato, rosemary, egg, pepper, cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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