Name: Warm Spanish Olives with Salami
Yield: Serves 8 for appetizers
Ingredients: 8 ounces large green Spanish olives; 6 ounces hard salami, cut into 1/2-inch cubes; Olive oil; Parsley or rosemary, for garnish; Bread for serving

Why it works: Olive and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,649 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Warm Spanish Olives with Salami

Serves 8 for appetizers

Ingredients

8 ounces large green Spanish olives
6 ounces hard salami, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
Olive oil
Parsley or rosemary, for garnish
Bread for serving

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

583Calories

13 gProtein

15 gFat

96 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 5 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Olive	1 large (4g)	4
Rosemary	1 tsp dried (1.2g)	4
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1

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

By biggirlssmallkitchen. 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.

Olive + parsleytop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together9,649 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Olive + breadtop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,091 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).
Parsley + breadtop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together8,588 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Olive + salamitop 18% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together139 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl butyrate (apple, fruity).
Salami + parsleytop 30% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together34 recipes

Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

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

Swap the parsley

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, salami, bread):

Garlicfits better
Capersfits about as well
Basilfits about as well
Parsleythe original

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

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