Name: Grilled Eggplant, Arugula and Mozzarella Panini
Ingredients: 4 eggplant slices, each 1/2 inch thick; Extra-virgin olive oil, as needed; Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste; 8 slices country-style bread, each 1/2 inch thick; 2 cups loosely packed arugula leaves; 4 to 6 oz. fresh mozzarella, thinly sliced

Why it works: Eggplant and olive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 943 recipes. Both carry alpha-pinene, which smells pine, turpentine. The science ↓

Grilled Eggplant, Arugula and Mozzarella Panini

Ingredients

4 eggplant slices, each 1/2 inch thick
Extra-virgin olive oil, as needed
Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
8 slices country-style bread, each 1/2 inch thick
2 cups loosely packed arugula leaves
4 to 6 oz. fresh mozzarella, thinly sliced

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

705Calories

21 gProtein

21 gFat

106 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Mozzarella Cheese	1 oz (28g)	85
Eggplant	1 cup cubed (82g)	35
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Arugula	1 cup (20g)	5
Salt	1 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.

Eggplant + olivetop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together943 recipes

Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).
Eggplant + peppertop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,123 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
Olive + breadtop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,091 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).
Olive + peppertop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together30,263 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Eggplant + breadtop 16% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together265 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

Swap the arugula

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (eggplant, olive, pepper, bread):

Capsicumfits better
Tomatofits better
Spinachfits better
Arugulathe original

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

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