Name: Summer Corn Sauté with Tons of Herbs
Yield: Makes 6 servings
Ingredients: 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter; 1 large shallot, chopped; 1 teaspoon cumin seeds; 6 cups fresh corn kernels (cut from about 9 large ears); 1 teaspoon coarse kosher salt; 3/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; 1 cup chopped assorted fresh herbs (such as basil, cilantro, chives, and parsley); 1/4 cup chopped fresh dill; 1/4 cup chopped fresh tarragon

Why it works: Shallot and chive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 450 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Summer Corn Sauté with Tons of Herbs

Makes 6 servings

Ingredients

1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter
1 large shallot, chopped
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
6 cups fresh corn kernels (cut from about 9 large ears)
1 teaspoon coarse kosher salt
3/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 cup chopped assorted fresh herbs (such as basil, cilantro, chives, and parsley)
1/4 cup chopped fresh dill
1/4 cup chopped fresh tarragon

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

210Calories

5 gProtein

13 gFat

23 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 13 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Corn	1/2 cup kernels (82g)	77
Cumin	1 tsp ground (2.1g)	8
Shallot	1 tbsp minced (10g)	7
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Dill	5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried	4
Tarragon	1 tsp dried (0.5g)	2
Basil	5 leaves fresh (2.5g)	1
Cilantro	1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)	1
Chive	1 tbsp (3g)	1
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Seed	not in our table	0

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.

Shallot + chivetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together450 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Shallot + parsleytop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,737 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Basil + parsleytop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,351 recipes

Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).
Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together34,122 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Cumin + parsleytop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together821 recipes

Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

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

Swap the cumin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, shallot, corn, pepper, basil, chive, parsley):

Tarragonfits better
Thymefits better
Capersfits better
Cuminthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, shallot, corn, pepper, basil, chive, parsley. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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