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Leftovers Brunch 2 Recipe

The last rays of sunshine were tinting the fallen leaves and we'd grabbed a couple of days to hide out at the cottage and watch Obama win. With barely any ingredients...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Lime and coriander match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,536 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Leftovers Brunch 2 Recipe

3 servings

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

801Calories
22 gProtein
33 gFat
109 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 12 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Bagel1 medium (89g)245
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Pomegranate1/2 cup seeds (87g)72
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Coriandernot in our table0
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 chow. 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. Lime + coriandertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,536 recipes

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

  2. Lime + pomegranatetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together90 recipes

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

  3. Sweet potato + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together177 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Shallot + pomegranatetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together17 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  5. Coriander + pomegranatetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together107 recipes

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

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

Swap the potato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (bagel, egg, sweet potato, shallot, lime, coriander, pomegranate):

  1. Welsh onionfits better
  2. Chivefits better
  3. Kalefits better
  4. Potatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against bagel, egg, sweet potato, shallot, lime, coriander, pomegranate. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.