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Green Beans with Pancetta and Pine Nuts

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Green Beans with Pancetta and Pine Nuts

Why it works: Shallot and pine share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 37 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Green Beans with Pancetta and Pine Nuts

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

298Calories
7 gProtein
22 gFat
22 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pine1 oz (28g)191
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
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. Shallot + pinetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together37 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Shallot + green beanstop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together7 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  3. Pine + peppertop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together687 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  4. Shallot + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,898 recipes

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

  5. Green beans + peppertop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together369 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 (shallot, green beans, pine, pepper):

  1. Beansfits better
  2. Chickpeafits better
  3. Cashew nutfits better
  4. Nutsthe original

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