Name: Baked Garbanzo Bean Dip
Prep time: 6 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 2 cans 15.5 Ounce Cans (Drained) Garbanzo Beans; 2 Tablespoons Olive Oil; 2 Tablespoons Sweet Cream Butter, Melted; 1 whole Large Egg, Beaten; ¼ teaspoons EACH: Black Pepper, Cayenne Pepper; ½ cups Heavy Cream; 1 cup Sour Cream

Why it works: Beans and olive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,470 recipes. Both carry trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Baked Garbanzo Bean Dip

Serves 8

Prep6 min

Cook10 min

Ingredients

2 cans 15.5 Ounce Cans (Drained) Garbanzo Beans
2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
2 Tablespoons Sweet Cream Butter, Melted
1 whole Large Egg, Beaten
¼ teaspoons EACH: Black Pepper, Cayenne Pepper
½ cups Heavy Cream
1 cup Sour Cream

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

464Calories

24 gProtein

37 gFat

10 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Yogurt	170g plain Greek	100
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Bean	not in our table	0

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.

Beans + olivetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,470 recipes

Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).
Cream + buttertop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together41,516 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
Beans + peppertop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,733 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Olive + peppertop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together30,263 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Olive + buttertop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together11,887 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 beans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, cream, butter, egg, pepper):

Almondfits better
Walnutfits better
Pistachiofits about as well
Beansthe original

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

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