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Pan Roasted Tomato Barley Risotto

Delicious side dish that comes together quickly.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Pan Roasted Tomato Barley Risotto

Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Pan Roasted Tomato Barley Risotto

Serves 2
Prep30 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

470Calories
8 gProtein
15 gFat
82 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Barley1 cup cooked (157g)193
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Chives1 tbsp (3g)1
Waternot 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 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. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Chive + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,149 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Onion + chivetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,907 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Cherry tomato + garlictop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together12 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  5. Barley + chivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together35 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 tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (canola oil, barley, onion, chive, garlic):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Limefits better
  3. Pumpkinfits better
  4. Cherry tomatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against canola oil, barley, onion, chive, garlic. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.