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Risotto-Style Farro with Porcini and Pecorino

Cookbook author Domenica Marchetti was introduced to farro years ago at a wonderful restaurant in Lucca, where it was used in a hearty soup with beans. The grain’s appealing chewy-tender texture and earthy flavor also make it perfect for this risotto-style dish.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Risotto-Style Farro with Porcini and Pecorino

Why it works: Shiitake and shallot share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Risotto-Style Farro with Porcini and Pecorino

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

725Calories
52 gProtein
29 gFat
62 gCarbs

Counts 14 of 16 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 14 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Farro1/2 cup cooked (100g)170
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Romano Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Shiitake1/2 cup (73g)34
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Mushrooms1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Porcininot in our table0
Waternot in our table0

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. Shiitake + shallottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29 recipes

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

  2. Garlic + shiitaketop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together292 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Thyme + shallottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,476 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Shiitake + thymetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together86 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  5. Clove + thymetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,108 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (mushroom, olive, garlic, shiitake, thyme, shallot, white wine):

  1. Parsleyfits better
  2. Capersfits better
  3. Tarragonfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against mushroom, olive, garlic, shiitake, thyme, shallot, white wine. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.