Name: Giant Lemon Fennel Beans
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: Serves 4.
Ingredients: 4-5 small fennel bulbs; 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for drizzling; 1/4 teaspoon fine grain sea salt; 1 1/2 tablespoons honey; Half a lemon, scrubbed and sliced or cut into wedges; 1/4 cup dry white wine; 2 cups cooked white beans (corona, cannellini, etc); 1/2 cup water (or reserved liquid from cooking the beans); 1/2 cup roughly chopped dill

Why it works: Fennel and dill match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 122 recipes. Both carry 4-methoxybenzaldehyde, which smells sweet, anise. The science ↓

Giant Lemon Fennel Beans

Serves 4.

Prep5 min

Cook10 min

Ingredients

4-5 small fennel bulbs
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for drizzling
1/4 teaspoon fine grain sea salt
1 1/2 tablespoons honey
Half a lemon, scrubbed and sliced or cut into wedges
1/4 cup dry white wine
2 cups cooked white beans (corona, cannellini, etc)
1/2 cup water (or reserved liquid from cooking the beans)
1/2 cup roughly chopped dill

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

251Calories

2 gProtein

14 gFat

29 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Honey	1 tbsp (21g)	64
Fennel Bulb	1/2 bulb (87g)	27
Wine	2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)	25
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Dill	5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried	4
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Bean	not in our table	0
Water	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 101cookbooks. 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.

Fennel + dilltop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together122 recipes

Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).
Lemon + dilltop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together976 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Fennel + lemontop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together723 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Olive + beanstop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,470 recipes

Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).
Fennel + beanstop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together84 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

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

Swap the beans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (fennel, olive, honey, lemon, white wine, dill):

Chickpeafits better
Pistachiofits about as well
Beansthe original
Almondfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against fennel, olive, honey, lemon, white wine, dill. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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