Skip to main content

Veggie Crumble

Less bother than a pie, vegetable crumble is a great way to use up what you have in the fridge, cupboard or freezer! You can change the filling with the seasons making green and summery fillings in the spring and summer and heartier root vegetable crumbles in the winter.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 27 ingredients
Jump to recipe ↓
Veggie Crumble

Why it works: Parsnip and leek match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 165 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Veggie Crumble

Serves 4-6
Prep30 min
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

Step-by-step directions aren't available for this recipe. See the full recipe at the source →

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1637Calories
54 gProtein
62 gFat
224 gCarbs

Counts 17 of 21 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 17 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Sunflower1 oz (28g) hulled165
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Vegetable1 tbsp (14g)120
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Peas1/2 cup (72g)62
Parsnip1/2 cup (78g)55
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pumpkinnot in our table0
Sweetcornnot in our table0
Beannot in our table0
Seednot 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 bbcfood. Recipe from Open Recipes.

Explore the science

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. Parsnip + leektop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together165 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Carrot + parsniptop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,097 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  3. Parsnip + sweet potatotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together95 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Carrot + leektop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,310 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Potato + oniontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,023 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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

Swap the sweet potato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (carrot, parsnip, potato, onion, leek, mushroom, pepper):

  1. Turnipfits better
  2. Chivefits better
  3. Spinachfits better
  4. Sweet potatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against carrot, parsnip, potato, onion, leek, mushroom, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.