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Steam-Roasted Parsnips and Carrots

Steam-roasting parsnips and carrots and accenting them with fresh mint and lemon transforms these humble vegetables into a delicious side dish. This recipe calls for a Cuisinart steam oven. To prepare the dish in a conventional oven, preheat the oven to 400°F and roast the vegetables on a baking sheet until golden brown, about 30 minutes.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Steam-Roasted Parsnips and Carrots

Why it works: Parsnip and carrot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,097 recipes. Both carry 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells green bell pepper, earthy. The science ↓

Steam-Roasted Parsnips and Carrots

Serves 4.

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

323Calories
2 gProtein
26 gFat
26 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Parsnip1/2 cup (78g)55
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Peppermintnot 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 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.

  1. Parsnip + carrottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,097 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  2. Thyme + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,973 recipes

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

  3. Parsnip + thymetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together270 recipes

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

  4. Carrot + thymetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,563 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  5. Pepper + lemontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

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

Swap the mint

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (parsnip, carrot, thyme, butter, olive, pepper, lemon):

  1. Parsleyfits better
  2. Marjoramfits better
  3. Rosemaryfits better
  4. Mintthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against parsnip, carrot, thyme, butter, olive, pepper, lemon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.