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Panzanella I

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Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Panzanella I

Ingredients

Directions

  1. If using a very hard baugette, run it under some water and then crumble it into a bowl. Alternatively you can cube the bread or lightly toast it if it"s fresh and then cut into cubes. Add the remaining ingredients to taste. The bread should make up about ¾ of the salad. The consistency is comparable to potato or rice salad. Everything is moist and clinging together but it isn"t soupy nor is it dry. Ripe, juicy homegrown tomatoes (this provides most of the moisture in the dish, some of which used to come from olive oil) i think this tastes best at room temperature

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

158Calories
5 gProtein
1 gFat
34 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Red Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Capers1 tbsp (9g) drained2
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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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. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Capers + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,550 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Tomato + basiltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,979 recipes

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

  4. Basil + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,351 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  5. Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (tomato, capers, pepper, garlic, basil, parsley, red wine):

  1. Shallotfits better
  2. Eggplantfits better
  3. Chivefits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against tomato, capers, pepper, garlic, basil, parsley, red wine. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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