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Baked Vegetable Quartet

Some of your favorite breaded vegetables, baked to perfection with a creamy dip on the side! Great for parties, family reunions or any time.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Baked Vegetable Quartet

Why it works: Broccoli and cauliflower match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 127 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Baked Vegetable Quartet

Serves 8
Prep12 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1373Calories
63 gProtein
66 gFat
135 gCarbs

Counts 14 of 15 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 14 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Vegetable1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Saucenot 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. Broccoli + cauliflowertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together127 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  2. Broccoli + olivetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,460 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  3. Mushroom + olivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,571 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  4. Pepper + cauliflowertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,113 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  5. Bread + olivetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,091 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

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

Swap the cauliflower

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, milk, pepper, bread, broccoli, mushroom, olive):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Spinachfits better
  3. Asparagusfits better
  4. Cauliflowerthe original

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