Name: Late-Summer-Greens Sauté
Yield: Makes 8 servings
Ingredients: 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil; 1 cup thinly sliced shallots; 2 garlic cloves, crushed; 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes; 1 3/4 pounds assorted greens (such as kale and Swiss chard), stems removed and thinly sliced, leaves chopped; 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar; 3 tablespoons unsalted butter; Kosher salt, freshly ground pepper

Why it works: Kale and chard share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 72 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Late-Summer-Greens Sauté

Makes 8 servings

Ingredients

1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1 cup thinly sliced shallots
2 garlic cloves, crushed
1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
1 3/4 pounds assorted greens (such as kale and Swiss chard), stems removed and thinly sliced, leaves chopped
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
Kosher salt, freshly ground pepper

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

293Calories

3 gProtein

26 gFat

15 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Spinach	1 cup raw (30g)	7
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Swiss Chard	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By epicurious. 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.

Kale + chardtop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together72 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Shallot + kaletop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together42 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Shallot + chardtop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together20 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Garlic + chardtop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together246 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Garlic + kaletop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together490 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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 (olive, shallot, garlic, pepper, kale, chard, apple cider vinegar):

Capersfits better
Thymefits better
Parsleyfits better
Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, shallot, garlic, pepper, kale, chard, apple cider vinegar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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