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Pureed Beets with Yogurt and Za’atar

Beets works surprisingly well with chili and za’atar, their sweetness taking on a seriously savory edge. Serve this as a dip or a starter, with bread and/or veggies.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Pureed Beets with Yogurt and Za’atar

Why it works: Garlic and onion match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Pureed Beets with Yogurt and Za’atar

Serves 6
Prep15 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

435Calories
20 gProtein
15 gFat
59 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
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Date1 date (24g) medjool66
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Beet1/2 cup (85g)35
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Syrupnot 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 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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Garlic + olivetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Yogurt + olivetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,920 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

  4. Olive + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together29,779 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Clove + garlictop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,368 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

Swap the date

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (yogurt, clove, garlic, syrup, maple syrup, olive, onion):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Pumpkinfits better
  3. Cherryfits better
  4. Datethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against yogurt, clove, garlic, syrup, maple syrup, olive, onion. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.