Why it works: Butternut squash and mustard share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 50 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓
Balsamic Butternut, Kale and Cranberry Panzanella
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Directions
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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
Counts 14 of 17 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume: 14 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Sunflower Seed | 1 oz (28g) hulled | 165 |
| Sesame | 1 tbsp (14g) | 120 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Parmesan Cheese | 1 oz (28g) | 110 |
| Honey | 1 tbsp (21g) | 64 |
| Grape | 1/2 cup (76g) | 62 |
| Maple Syrup | 1 tbsp (20ml) | 52 |
| Spinach | 1 cup raw (30g) | 7 |
| Shallot | 1 tbsp minced (10g) | 7 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Vinegar | 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled | 3 |
| Mustard | 1 tsp (5g) yellow | 3 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Pumpkin | not in our table | 0 |
| Seed | not in our table | 0 |
| Pepita | not in our table | 0 |
One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.
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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.
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Butternut squash + mustardtop 3% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together50 recipes
Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
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Pumpkin + maple syruptop 6% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together256 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).
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Butternut squash + olivetop 7% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together689 recipes
Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
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Vinegar + mustardtop 7% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together14,067 recipes
Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
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Olive + mustardtop 8% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together5,950 recipes
Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Swap the pumpkin
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butternut squash, olive, pepper, bread, vinegar, maple syrup, mustard):
- Cherryfits better
- Limefits better
- Avocadofits better
- Pumpkinthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against butternut squash, olive, pepper, bread, vinegar, maple syrup, mustard. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.
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