Name: Liver with Vegetables
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 25 min
Yield: 3
Ingredients: 1 pound Liver; 2 Tablespoons Sunflower (or Any Oil You Like Best); 1 Carrot, Cut Into Strips; 1 Sweet Pepper, Diced; 1 Marrow (A Type Of Gourd Or Squash), Peeled And Diced; 1 Onion, Cut Into Half-rings; ½ cups Water; 3 Tablespoons Tomato Paste; 1 bunch Dill Chopped

Why it works: Carrot and dill match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 321 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Liver with Vegetables

Serves 3

Prep20 min

Cook25 min

Ingredients

1 pound Liver
2 Tablespoons Sunflower (or Any Oil You Like Best)
1 Carrot, Cut Into Strips
1 Sweet Pepper, Diced
1 Marrow (A Type Of Gourd Or Squash), Peeled And Diced
1 Onion, Cut Into Half-rings
½ cups Water
3 Tablespoons Tomato Paste
1 bunch Dill Chopped

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

385Calories

9 gProtein

28 gFat

29 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 10 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Sunflower	1 oz (28g) hulled	165
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Carrot	1 medium (61g)	25
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Dill	5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried	4
Liver	not in our table	0
Pumpkin	not in our table	0
Water	not in our table	0

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

By tastykitchen. 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.

Carrot + dilltop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together321 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Sunflower + dilltop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together55 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Pepper + dilltop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,630 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Sunflower + carrottop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together279 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Carrot + peppertop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together14,555 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 onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (liver, sunflower, carrot, pepper, tomato, dill):

Capsicumfits better
Parsnipfits better
Potatofits better
Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against liver, sunflower, carrot, pepper, tomato, dill. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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