Moroccan Vegetable Stew

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 + tomatotop 1% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together15,539 recipes

   Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

2. Beans + tomatotop 1% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together2,713 recipes

   Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

3. Butternut squash + beanstop 2% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together58 recipes

   Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

4. Butternut squash + cinnamontop 3% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together142 recipes

   Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

5. Carrot + beanstop 4% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together1,443 recipes

   Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

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

What each ingredient does

Butternut squash

Becomes tender during simmering and adds body and natural sweetness to the stew.

Garbanzo beans

Hold their shape during simmering and add substance and bulk to the stew.

Stewed tomatoes

Provide liquid and acidity that build the sauce and balance the sweetness of the prunes.

Prunes

Soften during simmering and add concentrated sweetness and depth to the stew.

Couscous

Absorbs the broth as it steams, becoming soft and fluffy as a starch base.

The step that matters

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, carrot, butternut squash, beans, tomato, cinnamon, pepper):

1. Sweet potatofits better
2. Capsicumfits better
3. Spinachfits better
4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, carrot, butternut squash, beans, tomato, cinnamon, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.