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Crispy Pigs’ Cheeks and Deep-fried Shallots with Taramasalata and Flatbread

A great, if unusual, lunch or light meal. The pigs’ cheeks are braised slowly for extra taste, then shredded and fried to top fresh flatbreads with homemade taramasalata.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 25 ingredients
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Why it works: Celery and carrot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,173 recipes. Both carry myristicin, which smells spice, warm. The science ↓

Crispy Pigs’ Cheeks and Deep-fried Shallots with Taramasalata and Flatbread

Serves 4
Prep30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1377Calories
79 gProtein
41 gFat
172 gCarbs

Counts 14 of 17 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 14 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Salmon100g cooked208
Chicken100g cooked165
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Banana1 medium (118g)105
White Bread1 slice (30g) white79
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Rapeseed Oilnot in our table0
Star Anisenot 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 bbcfood. 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. Celery + carrottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10,173 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  2. Carrot + star anisetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together117 recipes

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

  3. Star anise + shallottop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together38 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Carrot + oniontop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together21,601 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  5. Celery + star anisetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together69 recipes

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

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (celery, carrot, onion, star anise, chicken, banana, shallot):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Cuminfits better
  3. Parsleyfits better
  4. White pepperthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against celery, carrot, onion, star anise, chicken, banana, shallot. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.