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Filo Triangles Recipe

Don’t feel restricted by these fillings—experiment with leftovers (such as bolognese: messy but yum!), or jam and cream cheese.

By lovefood · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Spinach and nutmeg match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 603 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Filo Triangles Recipe

12 people
Prep10 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

486Calories
25 gProtein
37 gFat
9 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Ricotta Cheese1/2 cup (124g) part-skim174
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Pastrynot 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 lovefood. 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. Spinach + nutmegtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together603 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Feta cheese + spinachtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together374 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  3. Ricotta cheese + spinachtop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together250 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  4. Feta cheese + buttertop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together241 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).

  5. Ricotta cheese + nutmegtop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together128 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 nutmeg

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (ricotta cheese, feta cheese, spinach, egg, butter):

  1. Nutmegthe original
  2. Parsleyfits about as well
  3. Oreganofits about as well
  4. Capersfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against ricotta cheese, feta cheese, spinach, egg, butter. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.