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Seared Steak with Grilled Treviso

Garlic and herb marinated skirt steak with grilled treviso in a yogurt sauce.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 21 ingredients
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Why it works: Oregano and basil match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and 1,390 recipes mention both. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 2
Prep15 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

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

Directions

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

  1. Oregano + basiltop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,390 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Rosemary + oreganotop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together344 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Rosemary + thymetop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,340 recipes

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

  4. Thyme + oreganotop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together791 recipes

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

  5. Thyme + basiltop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,768 recipes

    Shared aroma: terpineol (pine, woody).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rosemary, parsley, thyme, oregano, basil, garlic, olive):

  1. Marjorambetter flavor fit
  2. Sagebetter flavor fit
  3. Cuminbetter flavor fit
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against rosemary, parsley, thyme, oregano, basil, garlic, olive. 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).