Name: Tiganitoi Kolokuthokorfades
Ingredients: 20 - 25 zucchini blossoms; 250 gr feta cheese; 100 gr of ricotta cheese; 3 eggs; salt; pepper; dill; olive oil for frying; 500 gr flour; 1 glass of water

Why it works: Pepper and dill match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,630 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

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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.

Pepper + dilltop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,630 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Feta cheese + olivetop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,482 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).
Dill + olivetop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,223 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).
Pepper + olivetop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together30,263 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Feta cheese + dilltop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together140 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

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

What each ingredient does

Zucchini blossoms: Serve as the edible wrapper that holds the filling and crisps when fried.
Feta cheese: Adds salty, tangy flavor and a creamy, savory filling that softens when warmed.
Ricotta cheese: Contributes a soft, moist texture that makes the filling creamy and smooth.
Eggs: Bind the filling together and help the batter set and coat the blossoms.
Flour: Forms the batter's structure, giving a light coating that turns crisp when fried.

The step that matters

Fry the zucchini blossoms on both sides in hot olive oil. The oil must be hot enough to crisp the batter quickly; if it is too cool, the batter absorbs oil and turns greasy before it sets, and the filling may not heat through.

Swap the dill

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (feta cheese, ricotta cheese, egg, pepper, olive, flour):

Oreganofits better
Parsleyfits about as well
Basilfits about as well
Dillthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against feta cheese, ricotta cheese, egg, pepper, olive, flour. 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.

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Ricotta Cheese	1/2 cup (124g) part-skim	174
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Feta Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Cucumber	1/2 cup sliced (52g)	16
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Dill	5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried	4
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Water	not in our table	0

Tiganitoi Kolokuthokorfades