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Beef Short Ribs with Cumin-Butter Carrots

For tender short ribs, cook them sous vide for 48 hours; if you prefer falling-off-the-bone tender ribs, cook them for 72 hours. Longer cook times are necessary with tougher cuts of beef like short ribs so the muscle fibers can fully break down.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Beef Short Ribs with Cumin-Butter Carrots

Why it works: Carrot and cumin match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 777 recipes. Both carry methyl cinnamate, which smells strawberry. The science ↓

Beef Short Ribs with Cumin-Butter Carrots

Serves 4.

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

514Calories
27 gProtein
41 gFat
9 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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. Carrot + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together777 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  2. Thyme + carrottop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,563 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  3. Thyme + cumintop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together349 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  4. Pepper + thymetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,585 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  5. Olive + thymetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,948 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

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

Swap the cumin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beef, pepper, olive, butter, thyme, carrot):

  1. Parsleyfits better
  2. Marjoramfits better
  3. Rosemaryfits better
  4. Cuminthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against beef, pepper, olive, butter, thyme, carrot. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.