Name: Brussels Sprouts Quesadilla
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 19 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: ½ cups Uncooked Bacon, Chopped; 1 whole Large Shallot, Sliced; 15 whole Brussels Sprouts, Stemmed And Sliced Thin; ¼ cups Chicken Broth; ¼ cups White Wine; 2 teaspoons Dijon Mustard; ¼ teaspoons Black Pepper; 4 whole 10" Flour Tortillas (whole Grain Preferred); 1 cup Shredded Strong White Cheese (I Used Dubliner)

Why it works: Shallot and mustard match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 859 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Brussels Sprouts Quesadilla

Serves 4

Prep10 min

Cook19 min

Ingredients

½ cups Uncooked Bacon, Chopped
1 whole Large Shallot, Sliced
15 whole Brussels Sprouts, Stemmed And Sliced Thin
¼ cups Chicken Broth
¼ cups White Wine
2 teaspoons Dijon Mustard
¼ teaspoons Black Pepper
4 whole 10" Flour Tortillas (whole Grain Preferred)
1 cup Shredded Strong White Cheese (I Used Dubliner)

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1013Calories

62 gProtein

22 gFat

135 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 10 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Tortilla	1 medium flour (45g)	140
Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Brussels Sprout	1 cup (156g)	56
Bacon	1 slice cooked (8g)	43
Wine	2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)	25
Shallot	1 tbsp minced (10g)	7
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Mustard	1 tsp (5g) yellow	3

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By tastykitchen. 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.

Shallot + mustardtop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together859 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Shallot + flourtop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,081 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Mustard + peppertop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together15,430 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Shallot + white winetop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together881 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Mustard + cheesetop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,805 recipes

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

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

Swap the brussels sprouts

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (shallot, chicken, white wine, mustard, pepper, flour, cheese):

Chivefits better
Welsh onionfits better
Lettucefits better
Brussels sproutsthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against shallot, chicken, white wine, mustard, pepper, flour, cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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