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Turkey Zucchini Burgers with Caramelized Onions, Apples and Brie

The perfect combination of salty, sweet, melty goodness.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Turkey Zucchini Burgers with Caramelized Onions, Apples and Brie

Why it works: Onion and garlic 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 ↓

Turkey Zucchini Burgers with Caramelized Onions, Apples and Brie

Serves 5
Prep15 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

864Calories
67 gProtein
42 gFat
55 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 13 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Brienot in our table0
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 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. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Garlic + peppertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,090 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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

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

  5. Olive + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together29,779 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 apple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, onion, turkey, garlic, pepper, brie, cheese):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Figfits better
  3. Plumfits better
  4. Applethe original

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