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Grilled Asparagus with Roasted Green Beans and Tomatoes

A simple, light side dish made with lemon-infused grilled asparagus, beans, tomatoes and Parmesan cheese.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Green beans and cherry tomato share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 31% of all ingredient pairs. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4
Prep5 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

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

  1. Preheat the oven to 425°F (220°C) and heat a grill or grill pan over medium-high heat.

  2. On a baking sheet, toss the green beans and cherry tomatoes with half the lemon infused olive oil and half the minced garlic.

  3. Roast for 7 minutes, until the beans are just tender and the tomatoes begin to split.

  4. Toss the asparagus with the remaining olive oil and garlic.

  5. Grill the asparagus for 3 to 4 minutes, turning once, until lightly charred and tender-crisp.

  6. Arrange the grilled asparagus on a platter with the roasted green beans and tomatoes.

  7. Sprinkle the parmesan cheese over the vegetables and serve warm.

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.

  1. Green beans + cherry tomatotop 31% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together0 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  2. Olive + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together23,449 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Green beans + asparagustop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together18 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Olive + parmesan cheesetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,076 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  5. Asparagus + parmesan cheesetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together300 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the cherry tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (green beans, lemon, olive, garlic, asparagus, parmesan cheese):

  1. Limebetter flavor fit
  2. Cherrybetter flavor fit
  3. Orangebetter flavor fit
  4. Cherry tomatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against green beans, lemon, olive, garlic, asparagus, parmesan cheese. 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).