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Extra-Green Green Goddess Dip

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Extra-Green Green Goddess Dip

Why it works: Watercress and chive share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 97 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Extra-Green Green Goddess Dip

Makes about 1 1/4 cups

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

542Calories
55 gProtein
30 gFat
14 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Anchovy100g210
Vegetable1 tbsp (14g)120
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Watercress1 cup (34g)4
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Tarragon1 tsp dried (0.5g)2
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Chives1 tbsp (3g)1

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By epicurious. 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. Watercress + chivetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together97 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Watercress + mustardtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together293 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Watercress + tarragontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together108 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Tarragon + mustardtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together901 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyleugenol (clove, spice).

  5. Chive + tarragontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together589 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the basil

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (watercress, chive, tarragon, lemon, cream, anchovy, mustard):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Parsleyfits better
  3. Thymefits better
  4. Basilthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against watercress, chive, tarragon, lemon, cream, anchovy, mustard. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.