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New Year’s Crostini Appetizer with Roasted Grapes

This could be a great starter to your next holiday meal. It was perfect for my guests on New Year’s Eve. The roasted grapes end up looking like olives so this can be a delightful sweet surprise when you bite into it. The roasting only heightens the sweetness of the grapes.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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New Year’s Crostini Appetizer with Roasted Grapes

Why it works: Rosemary and pine share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 65 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

New Year’s Crostini Appetizer with Roasted Grapes

Serves 4
Prep10 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

385Calories
5 gProtein
34 gFat
22 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pine Nut1 oz (28g)191
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Rosemary1 tsp dried (1.2g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
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 tastykitchen. 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. Rosemary + pinetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together65 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Rosemary + olivetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,590 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Rosemary + peppertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,324 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

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

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Grape + olivetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,110 recipes

    Shared aroma: cis-2-hexenal (grassy).

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 (grape, vinegar, rosemary, olive, pepper, pine):

  1. Chickpeafits better
  2. Walnutfits better
  3. Beansfits better
  4. Nutsthe original

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