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Brie and Olive Tapenade Nachos

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By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Brie and Olive Tapenade Nachos

Why it works: Olive and capers match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,688 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Brie and Olive Tapenade Nachos

Serves 2
Prep15 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

431Calories
12 gProtein
27 gFat
36 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Corn Tortilla1 medium flour (45g)140
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Olive1 large (4g)4
Capers1 tbsp (9g) drained2
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Brienot 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. Olive + caperstop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,688 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Capers + oniontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,381 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Brie + cheesetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together161 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

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

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

  5. Corn + olivetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,502 recipes

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

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

Swap the capers

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (canola oil, corn, brie, cheese, olive, onion):

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Thymefits better
  3. Cuminfits better
  4. Capersthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against canola oil, corn, brie, cheese, olive, onion. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.