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Zucchini Bacon Fritters with Basil-Mayo Dipping Sauce

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Zucchini Bacon Fritters with Basil-Mayo Dipping Sauce

Why it works: Basil and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,823 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Zucchini Bacon Fritters with Basil-Mayo Dipping Sauce

Makes about 40 fritters

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

880Calories
32 gProtein
32 gFat
116 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 12 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Cayenne1 tsp (1.8g)6
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Chives1 tbsp (3g)1
Waternot in our table0
Seednot 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 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. Basil + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,823 recipes

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

  2. Basil + chivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together389 recipes

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

  3. Flour + chivetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,168 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Lemon + chivetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,122 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Flour + milktop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together78,219 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

Flour and milk barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 78,219 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the basil

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lemon, flour, chive, egg, milk):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Tarragonfits better
  3. Parsleyfits better
  4. Basilthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against lemon, flour, chive, egg, milk. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.