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Roasted Tuna with Olives, Grapes & Pine Nuts

This easy-to-prepare main dish features purple grapes, a fruit that boasts healthful antioxidants.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Roasted Tuna with Olives, Grapes & Pine Nuts

Why it works: Olive and pine match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,062 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Roasted Tuna with Olives, Grapes & Pine Nuts

Serves 4.

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

590Calories
25 gProtein
47 gFat
21 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Salmon100g cooked208
Pine Nut1 oz (28g)191
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Olive1 large (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. Olive + pinetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,062 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Olive + grapetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,110 recipes

    Shared aroma: cis-2-hexenal (grassy).

  3. Pepper + pinetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together687 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  4. Olive + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together30,263 recipes

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

  5. Grape + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,909 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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

Swap the nuts

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

  1. Walnutfits better
  2. Chickpeafits better
  3. Almondfits better
  4. Nutsthe original

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