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Couscous with Almonds and Currants

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Couscous with Almonds and Currants

Why it works: Butter and almond are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,245 recipes. Both carry 2,3-pentanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓

Couscous with Almonds and Currants

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

347Calories
7 gProtein
13 gFat
53 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 7 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Couscous1 cup cooked (157g)176
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0
Peppermintnot 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. Butter + almondtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,245 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

  2. Butter + curranttop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,856 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, pear).

  3. Almond + minttop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together210 recipes

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

  4. Currant + minttop 22% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together45 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  5. Almond + curranttop 24% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,659 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

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

Swap the mint

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, almond, currant):

  1. Cinnamonfits better
  2. Nutmegfits better
  3. Allspicefits better
  4. Mintthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, almond, currant. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.