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Cranberry Pistachio Pine Nut Pesto

I originally came up with this recipe after making balsamic roasted Brussels sprouts about 1001 times in the cafe. I was bored with it and decided to gourmet it up a bit. Cranberry Pistachio Pine Nut Pesto would also be incredible as a crostini appetizer, stuffed inside a chicken breast or wrapped into puff pastry with brie.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Cranberry Pistachio Pine Nut Pesto

Why it works: Parsley and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,037 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Cranberry Pistachio Pine Nut Pesto

Serves 8
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

562Calories
11 gProtein
47 gFat
35 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pine Nut1 oz (28g)191
Pistachio1 oz (28g / ~49 kernels)159
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Cloves1 tsp ground (2g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1

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.

  1. Parsley + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,037 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Pistachio + pinetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together30 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  3. Pistachio + nutstop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together425 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  4. Pine + lemontop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together480 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  5. Pine + olivetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,062 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the nuts

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pistachio, pine, clove, parsley, lemon, olive):

  1. Chickpeafits better
  2. Cashew nutfits better
  3. Chestnutfits better
  4. Nutsthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pistachio, pine, clove, parsley, lemon, olive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.