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Farro and Pine Nut Tabbouleh

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Farro and Pine Nut Tabbouleh

Why it works: Garlic and onion match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Farro and Pine Nut Tabbouleh

Makes 4 servings

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

713Calories
21 gProtein
36 gFat
84 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pine Nut1 oz (28g)191
Farro1/2 cup cooked (100g)170
Chickpea1/2 cup canned (120g) drained134
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
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 epicurious. 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. Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Garlic + chickpeatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together813 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Cucumber + chickpeatop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together125 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Pine + chickpeatop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together19 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

  5. Tomato + chickpeatop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together538 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

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 (tomato, cucumber, clove, garlic, onion, pine, chickpea):

  1. Lentilsfits better
  2. Cashew nutfits better
  3. Beansfits better
  4. Nutsthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against tomato, cucumber, clove, garlic, onion, pine, chickpea. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.