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Grilled Halloumi and Cherry Tomatoes with Mint Pesto

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Why it works: Mint and halloumi work together. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and 33 recipes mention both. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

The recipe

Makes 4 servings

Ingredients

Contains: milk, tree nuts (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

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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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Mint + halloumitop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together33 recipes

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

  2. Olive + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together23,449 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Basil + pinetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together332 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  4. Basil + olivetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,868 recipes

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

  5. Basil + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together4,805 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the nuts

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (mint, basil, parmesan cheese, olive, garlic, pine, cherry tomato):

  1. Beansbetter flavor fit
  2. Chickpeabetter flavor fit
  3. Peasbetter flavor fit
  4. Nutsthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against mint, basil, parmesan cheese, olive, garlic, pine, cherry tomato. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).