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Beet Caviar

Inspired by a loaf of 100% einkorn bread passed to me by a friend (and the cookbook by Silvena Rowe I had in my bag at the time) - a beet caviar. Perfect for slathering - sweet earthiness of roasted beets accented with toasted walnuts, chives, dates, and a swirl of creme fraiche.

By 101cookbooks · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Beet Caviar

Why it works: Garlic and chive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,149 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Beet Caviar

Prep5 min
Cook60 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

244Calories
20 gProtein
4 gFat
37 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Date1 date (24g) medjool66
Beet1/2 cup (85g)35
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Chives1 tbsp (3g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Cognacnot in our table0
Vodkanot 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 101cookbooks. 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. Garlic + chivetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,149 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Dates + walnuttop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together302 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Clove + chivetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together450 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Walnut + chivetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together119 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  5. Clove + walnuttop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,592 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the dates

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (vodka, garlic, clove, lemon, walnut, yogurt, chive):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Avocadofits better
  3. Cherryfits better
  4. Datesthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against vodka, garlic, clove, lemon, walnut, yogurt, chive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.