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Grilled Vegetable Wrap Recipe with Hummus

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Grilled Vegetable Wrap Recipe with Hummus

Why it works: Rosemary and basil match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 352 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Grilled Vegetable Wrap Recipe with Hummus

Serves 4
Prep15 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

377Calories
8 gProtein
19 gFat
47 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Tortilla1 medium flour (45g)140
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Eggplant1 cup cubed (82g)35
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Hummus1 tbsp (15g)25
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Rosemary1 tsp dried (1.2g)4
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Wheatnot 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 cookincanuck. 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. Rosemary + basiltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together352 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Eggplant + basiltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together271 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  3. Eggplant + olivetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together943 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  4. Olive + rosemarytop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,590 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Olive + basiltop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,063 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

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

Swap the eggplant

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pepper, olive, rosemary, wheat, basil):

  1. Tomatofits about as well
  2. Capsicumfits about as well
  3. Eggplantthe original
  4. Spinachfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against pepper, olive, rosemary, wheat, basil. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.