Name: Almond Olive Tapenade Recipe
Ingredients: 1 6 ounce can of green pitted olives; 1/4 cup sliced almonds (toasting them is optional); 1 teaspoon capers; zest of 1/2 lemon; 1/2 tablespoon lemon juice; 2 tablespoons olive oil; sea salt to taste (you don't need much because of the saltiness of the olives)

Why it works: Olive and capers match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,688 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Almond Olive Tapenade Recipe

Ingredients

1 6 ounce can of green pitted olives
1/4 cup sliced almonds (toasting them is optional)
1 teaspoon capers
zest of 1/2 lemon
1/2 tablespoon lemon juice
2 tablespoons olive oil
sea salt to taste (you don't need much because of the saltiness of the olives)

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

144Calories

1 gProtein

15 gFat

5 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Almond	1 almond (1.2g)	7
Olive	1 large (4g)	4
Capers	1 tbsp (9g) drained	2
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

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

By thevintagemixer. 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 + caperstop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,688 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Capers + lemontop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,222 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Almond + caperstop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together48 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Olive + almondtop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,875 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Olive + lemontop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together11,922 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

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

Swap the almond

The recipe marks almond as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, capers, lemon):

Chickpeafits better
Pistachiofits better
Lentilsfits better
Almondthe original

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

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