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Red Beet Risotto

Ray Garcia, chef at FIG restaurant, created this gorgeous vegetarian dish, which derives its crimson color from pureed beets.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 21 ingredients
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Red Beet Risotto

Why it works: Onion and chive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,907 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Red Beet Risotto

Serves 4.

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

709Calories
18 gProtein
36 gFat
78 gCarbs

Counts 14 of 15 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 14 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Beet1/2 cup (85g)35
Asparagus6 spears (90g)27
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Bay Leaf1 leaf (0.6g)2
Chives1 tbsp (3g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
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. Onion + chivetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,907 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Dill + chivetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together228 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Butter + cheesetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,962 recipes

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

  4. Rice + chivetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together241 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Onion + ricetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,433 recipes

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

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

Swap the dill

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (onion, canola oil, rice, red wine, butter, cheese, chive):

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

Fit is the average pairing score against onion, canola oil, rice, red wine, butter, cheese, chive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.