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Cauliflower As Couscous with Kale and Feta Spiced Fritters and a Tomato and Ginger Chutney

A vegetarian and gluten-free recipe using finely chopped cauliflower in place of couscous.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 24 ingredients
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Why it works: Maple syrup and kale work together. They rank in the top 19% of all ingredient pairs, and 17 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-methylbutyraldehyde, which smells malty, chocolate. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4
Prep30 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

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By bbcfood. 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Maple syrup + kaletop 19% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together17 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).

  2. Ginger + peppertop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together6,799 recipes

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

  3. Olive + vinegartop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together10,843 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

  4. White wine + vinegartop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,123 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  5. Olive + white winetop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,764 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the cherry tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, ginger, pepper, maple syrup, cauliflower, white wine, vinegar):

  1. Lemonbetter flavor fit
  2. Mangobetter flavor fit
  3. Cherrybetter flavor fit
  4. Cherry tomatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, ginger, pepper, maple syrup, cauliflower, white wine, vinegar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).