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Black Bean and Corn Wraps

Wraps of tortilla filled with black beans, corn, salsa, spices, and optional toppings.

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Why it works: Marjoram and cumin share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 36 recipes mention both. Both carry cuminaldehyde, which smells Spicy, cumin. The science ↓

The recipe

Ingredients

Contains: milk, wheat, soy (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Prepare

  1. Rinse and drain black beans thoroughly.

  2. Drain corn.

  3. Mix both in saucepan with approximately 1/2 cup of salsa (more or less depending on how big your cans of beans and corn are).

Cook

  1. Heat over medium-low burner, stirring frequently.

  2. Add more salsa if mixture becomes too dry.

  3. Add spices to taste.

  4. Cook until hot through and flavours have had some time to combine.

Serve

  1. To serve: fill warmed tortilla shells with bean and corn mixture and toppings.

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Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Marjoram + cumintop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together36 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  2. Beans + tomatotop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,711 recipes

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

  3. Beans + cumintop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,188 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Cumin + tomatotop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together3,272 recipes

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

  5. Garlic + tomatotop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together14,075 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

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

What each ingredient does

Black beans
Provide the bulk, soft texture and earthy body of the filling.
Corn
Adds sweetness and a juicy, tender bite to the filling.
Salsa
Supplies moisture and acidity that keep the mixture from drying out and add flavour.
Tortilla shells
Act as the edible wrap that holds the filling together.

The step that matters

Adding salsa while heating. Beans and corn dry out as they heat, so adding salsa gradually keeps the mixture moist. Stirring over medium-low heat prevents scorching on the base of the saucepan.

Flavor stand-ins for the marjoram

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beans, corn, sauce, garlic, cumin, lettuce, tomato):

  1. Corianderbetter flavor fit
  2. Oreganobetter flavor fit
  3. Basilbetter flavor fit
  4. Marjoramthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against beans, corn, sauce, garlic, cumin, lettuce, tomato. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).

“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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