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Mixed-Grain Pilaf with Cranberries and Pine Nuts

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Mixed-Grain Pilaf with Cranberries and Pine Nuts

Why it works: Quinoa and millet share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 18 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Mixed-Grain Pilaf with Cranberries and Pine Nuts

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1095Calories
48 gProtein
55 gFat
105 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 12 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Quinoa1 cup cooked (185g)222
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Pine Nut1 oz (28g)191
Chicken100g cooked165
Canola1 tbsp (14g)124
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Amaranthnot in our table0
Milletnot in our table0
Waternot 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. Quinoa + millettop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together18 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Amaranth + quinoatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Amaranth + millettop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Pine + quinoatop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together31 recipes

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

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

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

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 (pine, basmati rice, amaranth, quinoa, millet, pepper, chicken):

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

Fit is the average pairing score against pine, basmati rice, amaranth, quinoa, millet, pepper, chicken. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.