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Butternut Squash Farro with Tahini

Delicious and nutritious Butternut Squash Farro with Tahini is a terrific dish to enjoy all fall and winter long, but also makes a great vegetarian dish for Thankgiving or holiday meals!

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Why it works: Butternut squash and tahini work together. They rank in the top 25% of all ingredient pairs, and 8 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-methylbutyraldehyde, which smells malty, chocolate. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 8
Prep20 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

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

Directions

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

  1. Butternut squash + tahinitop 25% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together8 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).

  2. Coriander + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,866 recipes

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

  3. Pepper + clovetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together13,144 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  4. Coriander + peppertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together5,948 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  5. Olive + coriandertop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together5,708 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the walnut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butternut squash, olive, coriander, cumin, pepper, onion, clove):

  1. Chickpeabetter flavor fit
  2. Beansbetter flavor fit
  3. Lentilsbetter flavor fit
  4. Walnutthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butternut squash, olive, coriander, cumin, pepper, onion, clove. 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).