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Olives with Manchego Cheese and Rosemary Recipe

A decadent way to serve olives, with chunks of Manchego cheese, peppercorns, bay leaves, rosemary and garlic.

By lovefood · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Olive and garlic are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 25,665 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Olives with Manchego Cheese and Rosemary Recipe

4 people
Prep10 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

252Calories
8 gProtein
24 gFat
4 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
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Olive1 large (4g)4
Rosemary1 tsp dried (1.2g)4
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Bay Leaf1 leaf (0.6g)2
Manchegonot 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 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.

  1. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Olive + rosemarytop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,590 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Rosemary + clovetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together519 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  4. Rosemary + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,180 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  5. Manchego + cheesetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together93 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, manchego, cheese, rosemary, garlic):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Oreganofits better
  3. Basilfits better
  4. Clovethe original

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