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Sweet-and-Sour Sardines

Sardines in a sweet-and-sour marinade with raisins and pine nuts is a classic antipasto in Venice, where it is known as

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Sweet-and-Sour Sardines

Why it works: Olive and pine match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,062 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Sweet-and-Sour Sardines

Serves 6.

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

658Calories
31 gProtein
45 gFat
32 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sardine100g canned drained208
Pine Nut1 oz (28g)191
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 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 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. Olive + pinetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,062 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Olive + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together29,779 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  3. Nuts + raisintop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together490 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Pine + raisintop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  5. Pine + peppertop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together687 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

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

Swap the nuts

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, onion, white wine, vinegar, pine, raisin, pepper):

  1. Chestnutfits better
  2. Chickpeafits better
  3. Beansfits better
  4. Nutsthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, onion, white wine, vinegar, pine, raisin, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.