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Pickled Tomatoes

Savour the taste of summery cherry tomatoes by packing them into a jar with garlic, herbs and spices and a sweet and vinegary pickling liquid.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Why it works: Garlic and coriander are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 6,474 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Pickled Tomatoes

Makes 1 litre/1¾ pint
Prep30 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

177Calories
3 gProtein
1 gFat
43 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 12 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Rosemary1 tsp dried (1.2g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Bay Leaf1 leaf (0.6g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Maltnot in our table0
Coriandernot 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 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. Garlic + coriandertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,474 recipes

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

  2. Garlic + rosemarytop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,180 recipes

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

  3. Rosemary + coriandertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together144 recipes

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

  4. Red wine + rosemarytop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together320 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  5. Cherry + coriandertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together333 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

Swap the cherry

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (malt, vinegar, red wine, sugar, garlic, rosemary, coriander):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Lemonfits better
  3. Plumfits better
  4. Cherrythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against malt, vinegar, red wine, sugar, garlic, rosemary, coriander. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.