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Cherry Tomato Bowl Canapes

Cherry tomatoes stuffed with cream cheese and topped with green pesto.

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Plum and tomato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,480 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Cherry Tomato Bowl Canapes

Serves 4

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

429Calories
9 gProtein
30 gFat
40 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pine Nut1 oz (28g)191
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Plum1 medium (66g)30
Tomato1 medium (123g)22

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By bbcgoodfood. 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. Plum + tomatotop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,480 recipes

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

  2. Cherry tomato + tomatotop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  3. Tomato + pinetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together323 recipes

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

  4. Plum + pinetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together44 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Pine + nutstop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15 recipes

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

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

Swap the nuts

The recipe marks nuts as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cherry tomato, plum, tomato, cream cheese, pine):

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

Fit is the average pairing score against cherry tomato, plum, tomato, cream cheese, pine. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.