Name: Roasted Carrot & Dill Hummus
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 2 Large Carrots, Peeled; ½ cups Olive Oil, To Drizzle On The Carrots; ½ Tahini; 2 cloves Lemon, Juiced; ¾ teaspoons Garlic, Minced; 1 can Salt; 2 Tablespoons Chickpeas, 15 Oz Can, Rinsed And Drained With The Juice From The Can Reserved

Why it works: Carrot and clove match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 4,916 recipes mention both. Both carry cuminaldehyde, which smells Spicy, cumin. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 6

Prep15 min

Cook40 min

Ingredients

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

2 Large Carrots, Peeled
½ cups Olive Oil, To Drizzle On The Carrots
½ Tahini
2 cloves Lemon, Juiced
¾ teaspoons Garlic, Minced
1 can Salt
2 Tablespoons Chickpeas, 15 Oz Can, Rinsed And Drained With The Juice From The Can Reserved

Directions

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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.

Carrot + clovetop 3% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together4,916 recipes

Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).
Olive + garlictop 3% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together23,449 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Tahini + chickpeatop 3% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together150 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Garlic + chickpeatop 3% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together812 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Olive + chickpeatop 3% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together942 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl butyrate (fruity, apple).

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 (carrot, olive, tahini, lemon, garlic, chickpea):

Cuminbetter flavor fit
Parsleybetter flavor fit
Corianderbetter flavor fit
Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against carrot, olive, tahini, lemon, garlic, chickpea. 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).

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