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Wild Mushroom Buckwheat Kasha Recipe

By thevintagemixer · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Wild Mushroom Buckwheat Kasha Recipe

Why it works: Mushroom and buckwheat share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 27 recipes. Both carry trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Wild Mushroom Buckwheat Kasha Recipe

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

298Calories
3 gProtein
27 gFat
12 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
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Vegetable1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Buckwheatnot in our table0
Waternot 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 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.

  1. Mushroom + buckwheattop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  2. Mushroom + olivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,571 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  3. Olive + buckwheattop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together83 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  4. Onion + olivetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together29,779 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Onion + buckwheattop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together64 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (mushroom, olive, buckwheat):

  1. Tomatofits better
  2. Spinachfits better
  3. Capsicumfits better
  4. Onionthe original

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