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Syria – Muhammara

This authentic Levantine dip has a perfect balance of sweet, sour and spicy flavors. Muhammara will enchant your palate.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Syria – Muhammara

Why it works: Walnut and pomegranate share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 71 recipes. Both carry alpha-pinene, which smells pine, turpentine. The science ↓

Syria – Muhammara

Serves 6
Prep10 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

791Calories
17 gProtein
19 gFat
140 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Pomegranate1/2 cup seeds (87g)72
Molasses1 tbsp (20g)58
Red Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
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. Walnut + pomegranatetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together71 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  2. Pomegranate + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together96 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  3. Garlic + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,082 recipes

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

  4. Pepper + lemontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  5. Clove + cumintop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,306 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

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

Swap the walnut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pepper, pomegranate, molasses, clove, garlic, lemon, cumin):

  1. Chickpeafits better
  2. Lentilsfits better
  3. Beansfits better
  4. Walnutthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pepper, pomegranate, molasses, clove, garlic, lemon, cumin. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.