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Farro Risotto with Prosciutto, Parmesan and Brussels Sprouts

This Farro Risotto with Prosciutto, Parmesan and Brussels Sprouts is a simple, beautiful, whole-grain showstopper. Perfect as meal or side dish.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Farro Risotto with Prosciutto, Parmesan and Brussels Sprouts

Why it works: Olive and garlic are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 25,665 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Farro Risotto with Prosciutto, Parmesan and Brussels Sprouts

Serves 4
Prep10 min
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

676Calories
52 gProtein
27 gFat
54 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Farro1/2 cup cooked (100g)170
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Brussels Sprout1 cup (156g)56
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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.

  1. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Shallot + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,000 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Pepper + clovetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together17,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  4. Shallot + clovetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,677 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Chicken + garlictop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,850 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

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 (olive, pepper, chicken, shallot, clove, garlic, white wine):

  1. Chivefits better
  2. Capsicumfits better
  3. Spinachfits better
  4. Brussels sproutsthe original

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