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Burrata with Asparagus, Sugar Snap Peas and Pistachio-Arugula Pesto

Chef Billy Allin uses burrata from Maplebrook Farm, a wonderful creamery in Vermont. This dish is great served as part of an antipasti or for a weeknight dinner. Use really fat, juicy asparagus spears if possible.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Why it works: Arugula and pistachio work together. They rank in the top 21% of all ingredient pairs, and 10 recipes mention both. Both carry nonanal, which smells fat, citrus. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4.

Ingredients

Contains: milk, tree nuts (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. Arugula + pistachiotop 21% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together10 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  2. Peas + asparagustop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together807 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Olive + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together23,449 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Olive + peastop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,778 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-hex-3-en-1-ol (freshly cut grass green and herbaceous notes).

  5. Cheese + burratatop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together28 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, arugula, pistachio, cheese, pepper, sugar, peas):

  1. Mintabout as good a flavor fit
  2. Corianderabout as good a flavor fit
  3. Thymeabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Garlicthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, arugula, pistachio, cheese, pepper, sugar, peas. 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).