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Spicy Hummus with Pita

Combining cumin, coriander, chilies and garlic, our Tunisian-inspired harissa spice lends vibrant peppery flavor and smoky heat to hummus, the classic chickpea dip. For a spicier kick, brush the pita breads with olive oil and sprinkle with additional harissa spice before toasting them.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Why it works: Garlic and olive are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 23,449 recipes mention both. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 6.

Ingredients

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

Directions

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

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Chickpea + tahinitop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together150 recipes

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

  3. Chickpea + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together812 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Chickpea + olivetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together942 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl butyrate (fruity, apple).

  5. Chickpea + harissatop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together58 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the harissa

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chickpea, garlic, lemon, tahini, olive, pita bread):

  1. Cuminbetter flavor fit
  2. Corianderbetter flavor fit
  3. Parsleybetter flavor fit
  4. Harissathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chickpea, garlic, lemon, tahini, olive, pita bread. 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).