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Carrabba Bread Dipping Spice

A herb and spice blend for dipping bread, made with basil, parsley, garlic, thyme, oregano, pepper, salt, rosemary, red pepper flakes, olive oil, and lemon.

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Why it works: Thyme and rosemary match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,340 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-one, which smells mushroom, metallic. The science ↓

Carrabba Bread Dipping Spice

Ingredients

Directions

Make the spice blend

  1. Combine all of the ingredients, except oil and lemon.

  2. Put in a small food processor (I used my little food chopper) and chop briefly until all ingredients are about the same size.

  3. Stir in oil and lemon juice.

Serve

  1. To serve: combine about 1 ½ teaspoons of the spice blend with 3 to 4 tablespoons of olive oil on a small dish.

  2. Dip sliced bread in the mixture.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

164Calories
2 gProtein
14 gFat
11 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Oregano1 tsp dried (1.8g)5
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Rosemary1 tsp dried (1.2g)4
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
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.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

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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. Thyme + rosemarytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,340 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  2. Basil + oreganotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,390 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Oregano + rosemarytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together344 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  4. Parsley + thymetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,057 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  5. Thyme + oreganotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together791 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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

What each ingredient does

Garlic
Adds sharp aroma and pungent flavor that deepens as the blend sits.
Basil
Contributes fresh, sweet herbal aroma to the dipping mixture.
Parsley
Adds fresh, grassy flavor and bright green color.
Olive oil
Carries the herb and spice flavors and coats the bread with fat.

The step that matters

Chop briefly in the food processor. Over-processing can bruise herbs and turn them bitter or mushy, while uneven pieces give an uneven flavor. Short pulses keep the herbs fresh and evenly distributed.

Swap the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (basil, parsley, thyme, oregano, pepper, rosemary, olive):

  1. Marjoramfits better
  2. Sagefits better
  3. Winter savoryfits better
  4. Garlicthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against basil, parsley, thyme, oregano, pepper, rosemary, olive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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