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Zucchini Fritters with Herbed Yogurt

A classic seasoning in Middle Eastern and North African cooking, sumac lends a bright, fruity flavor to these zucchini fritters and the accompanying yogurt dipping sauce. The spice, made from the ground berrylike fruits of the sumac bush, has natural hints of tangy citrus and savory salt.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 17 ingredients
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Why it works: Sumac and lemon work together. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 71 recipes mention both. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4.

Ingredients

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

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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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Sumac + lemontop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together71 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Mint + lemontop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,998 recipes

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

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

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

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

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Mint + sumactop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together39 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the sumac

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (yogurt, garlic, mint, pepper, olive, flour, egg):

  1. Corianderbetter flavor fit
  2. Parsleybetter flavor fit
  3. Dillbetter flavor fit
  4. Sumacthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against yogurt, garlic, mint, pepper, olive, flour, egg. 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).