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Roasted Red Pepper Bruschetta

If taking this dish on a picnic, mix the topping ingredients together and pack in a separate container from the baguette slices. Assemble when ready to eat.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Roasted Red Pepper Bruschetta

Why it works: Olive and pine match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,062 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Roasted Red Pepper Bruschetta

Makes 4 small slices
Prep30 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

438Calories
4 gProtein
47 gFat
5 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pine Nut1 oz (28g)191
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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

By bbcfood. 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. Olive + pinetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,062 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Olive + sesametop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,111 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  3. Pine + sesametop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  4. Pepper + pinetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together687 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  5. Pepper + olivetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together30,263 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 nuts

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pepper, olive, pine, sesame):

  1. Chickpeafits better
  2. Cashew nutfits better
  3. Pistachiofits better
  4. Nutsthe original

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