Name: Rosemary-Olive Bread
Ingredients: 2 1/2 tsp. active dry yeast (1 package); 2 cups warm water (110°F); 1/2 cup pitted and chopped Kalamata olives; 5 cups bread flour, plus more for dusting; 1 cup whole wheat flour; 1 Tbs. chopped fresh rosemary; 2 1/2 tsp. salt

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 ↓

Rosemary-Olive Bread

Ingredients

2 1/2 tsp. active dry yeast (1 package)
2 cups warm water (110°F)
1/2 cup pitted and chopped Kalamata olives
5 cups bread flour, plus more for dusting
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 Tbs. chopped fresh rosemary
2 1/2 tsp. salt

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

463Calories

13 gProtein

2 gFat

96 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Olive	1 large (4g)	4
Rosemary	1 tsp dried (1.2g)	4
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Water	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 williamssonoma. 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).
Olive + wheattop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,100 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).
Olive + breadtop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,091 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).
Bread + wheattop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together209 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).
Flour + wheattop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,373 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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 (olive, bread, flour, wheat):

Capersfits better
Turmericfits better
Cinnamonfits better
Rosemarythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, bread, flour, wheat. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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