Name: Marinated Olives with Sun-Dried Tomatoes & Fennel
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 5 min
Yield: 1 1/2 cups
Ingredients: 6 oz. (1 1/2 cups) green olives (with or without pits); 3 tbsp cider vinegar; 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil; 2 tbsp thinly sliced sun-dried tomatoes packed in oil, oil rinsed off; 1/2 tsp fennel seeds; 1/2 tsp red chile flakes

Why it works: Olive and tomato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 15,539 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Marinated Olives with Sun-Dried Tomatoes & Fennel

1 1/2 cups

Prep2 hr

Cook5 min

Ingredients

6 oz. (1 1/2 cups) green olives (with or without pits)
3 tbsp cider vinegar
1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil
2 tbsp thinly sliced sun-dried tomatoes packed in oil, oil rinsed off
1/2 tsp fennel seeds
1/2 tsp red chile flakes

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

175Calories

2 gProtein

14 gFat

11 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 7 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Fennel	1/2 bulb (87g)	27
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Olive	1 large (4g)	4
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Cider	not in our table	0
Seed	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By cookincanuck. 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.

Olive + tomatotop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together15,539 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Cider + vinegartop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together3,431 recipes

Shared aroma: 4-ethyl-2-methoxyphenol (smoky, clove).
Olive + fenneltop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,344 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Tomato + fenneltop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together551 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Olive + vinegartop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together12,297 recipes

Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

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

Swap the fennel

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, cider, vinegar, tomato):

Garlicfits better
Thymefits better
Basilfits better
Fennelthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, cider, vinegar, tomato. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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