Name: Parmesan Crisps with Heirloom Tomato Salad
Prep time: 12 min
Cook time: 8 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 6 Tablespoons Grated Parmesan Cheese; 1-½ Tablespoon Unsalted Butter, At Room Temperature; 1 Tablespoon Plus 2 Teaspoons All-purpose Flour; 2 whole Large Heirloom Tomatoes, Seeded And Diced; 2 Tablespoons Chopped Basil Leaves; 2 teaspoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil; ¼ teaspoons Kosher Salt; ¼ teaspoons Freshly Ground Black Pepper

Why it works: Tomato and olive are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and 15,539 recipes mention both. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Parmesan Crisps with Heirloom Tomato Salad

Serves 4

Prep12 min

Cook8 min

Ingredients

6 Tablespoons Grated Parmesan Cheese
1-½ Tablespoon Unsalted Butter, At Room Temperature
1 Tablespoon Plus 2 Teaspoons All-purpose Flour
2 whole Large Heirloom Tomatoes, Seeded And Diced
2 Tablespoons Chopped Basil Leaves
2 teaspoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil
¼ teaspoons Kosher Salt
¼ teaspoons Freshly Ground Black Pepper

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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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

Tomato + olivetop 1% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together15,539 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Tomato + basiltop 1% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together3,979 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Basil + olivetop 3% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together5,063 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Basil + peppertop 4% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together5,294 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).
Tomato + peppertop 7% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together17,923 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

Flavor stand-ins for the basil

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (parmesan cheese, butter, flour, tomato, olive, pepper):

Basilthe original
Thymeabout as good a flavor fit
Garlicabout as good a flavor fit
Parsleyabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against parmesan cheese, butter, flour, tomato, olive, pepper. 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).

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