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Avocado and Basil Hummus

Easy and flavorful hummus!

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Why it works: Avocado and basil match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and 189 recipes mention both. Both carry methyl cinnamate, which smells strawberry. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4
Prep15 min

Ingredients

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Drain and rinse the white beans well, then pat them dry.

  2. Peel the garlic clove and add it to a food processor with the beans, pulsing until finely chopped.

  3. Halve the avocados, remove the pits, and scoop the flesh into the processor.

  4. Add the packed basil, lemon juice, salt, and pepper to the processor.

  5. Pulse, then run the processor continuously, scraping down the sides as needed, until the mixture is smooth and creamy.

  6. With the machine running, slowly drizzle in the olive oil until it is fully blended.

  7. Taste and adjust the salt, pepper, or lemon juice as needed.

  8. Transfer the hummus to a serving bowl and chill for 30 minutes before serving, or serve right away.

By tastykitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Avocado + basiltop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together189 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  2. Lemon + basiltop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,820 recipes

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

  3. Lemon + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together27,039 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  4. Basil + peppertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together5,292 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  5. Garlic + olivetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together23,449 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beans, garlic, avocado, lemon, basil, pepper, olive):

  1. Corianderbetter flavor fit
  2. Rosemarybetter flavor fit
  3. Oreganobetter flavor fit
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against beans, garlic, avocado, lemon, basil, pepper, olive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).