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Warm Black Olives

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Warm Black Olives

Why it works: Olive and sage match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,138 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Warm Black Olives

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

369Calories
27 gProtein
28 gFat
1 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Olive1 large (4g)4
Sage1 tsp ground (0.7g)2
Bay Leaf1 leaf (0.6g)2
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.

Explore the science

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 + sagetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,138 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  2. Olive + hamtop 23% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together284 recipes

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

  3. Ham + sagetop 31% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together136 recipes

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

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

Swap the sage

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, ham):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Thymefits better
  3. Garlicfits better
  4. Sagethe original

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