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Dilled Yogurt Eggplant Spread

A spread made from grilled eggplant, roasted garlic, yogurt, dill, parsley, walnuts, and seasonings.

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Why it works: Lemon and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,037 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Dilled Yogurt Eggplant Spread

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the eggplant

  1. Paint eggplant with olive oil and grill.

Make the spread

  1. Put eggplant in processor.

  2. Add garlic, yogurt, lemon juice, dill, parsley, walnuts, salt and pepper.

  3. Process until pureed.

Serve

  1. Serve in hollowed out head of cabbage or on a dish.

  2. Optionally dilute with chicken broth to make a soup.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

307Calories
20 gProtein
17 gFat
22 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Eggplant1 cup cubed (82g)35
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
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. Lemon + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,037 recipes

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

  2. Dill + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together669 recipes

    Shared aroma: p-mentha-1,3,8-triene (camphor, herbal).

  3. Lemon + dilltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together976 recipes

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

  4. Eggplant + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together801 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

What each ingredient does

Eggplant
Forms the creamy, smoky-flavored body of the spread once grilled and pureed.
Non-fat yogurt
Adds tang and a creamy, moist texture to the spread.
Garlic
Contributes pungent aroma and savory depth to the spread.
Walnuts
Add richness and a slightly crunchy, nutty texture.
Lemon juice
Adds acidity that brightens the flavor and balances the yogurt.

Swap the walnut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (eggplant, olive, garlic, yogurt, lemon, dill, parsley):

  1. Chickpeafits better
  2. Lentilsfits better
  3. Beansfits better
  4. Walnutthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against eggplant, olive, garlic, yogurt, lemon, dill, parsley. 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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