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Pickled Swiss Chard Stems

Rainbow chard stems are especially pretty pickled, but any variety will work.

By bonappetit · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Pickled Swiss Chard Stems

Why it works: Chard and shallot share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 20 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Pickled Swiss Chard Stems

8 servings

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

62Calories
0 gProtein
0 gFat
15 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 8 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Chardnot in our table0
Seednot in our table0
Caraway Seednot 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 bonappetit. 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. Chard + shallottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together20 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Shallot + mustardtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together859 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Chard + mustardtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together35 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Mustard + vinegartop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,067 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Shallot + carawaytop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together11 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the caraway

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chard, shallot, mustard, rice, vinegar, sugar):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Tarragonfits better
  3. Turmericfits better
  4. Carawaythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chard, shallot, mustard, rice, vinegar, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.