Name: Peppers and Cauliflower in Vinegar
Ingredients: 15 green bell peppers,; 30 red bell peppers,; 2 big carrots,; 2 big celery roots,; 1 medium cauliflower,; 2 big garlic heads,; 1 lb/500 g shallots

Why it works: Carrot and celery match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,173 recipes. Both carry myristicin, which smells spice, warm. The science ↓

Peppers and Cauliflower in Vinegar

Ingredients

Directions

Remove core and seeds from peppers.
Wash and section each pepper in 8 parts.
Clean, wash and cube the carrots and celeries.
Clean the garlic and onions and keep whole.
Divide the cauliflower in flowerets.
Arrange in a jar, placing assorted layers of everything.
Then pour the vinegar boiled with the water and spices like for the Peppers in vinegar Romanian Style.
Pour the mixture while hot, a little at a time.
After it has cooled, tie the jar with cellophane.
Category:Romanian Recipes
Category:Romanian Salads

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

196Calories

8 gProtein

2 gFat

41 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Broccoli	1 cup chopped (156g)	55
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Green Bell Pepper	1 medium (119g)	31
Red Bell Pepper	1 medium (119g)	31
Carrot	1 medium (61g)	25
Celery	1 stalk (40g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

Recipe from the Recipes Wiki (Fandom).

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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.

Carrot + celerytop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together10,173 recipes

Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).
Garlic + shallottop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,000 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Pepper + celerytop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together16,012 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Cauliflower + shallottop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together34 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-octenal (fatty, green).
Pepper + carrottop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together14,555 recipes

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

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

Swap the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pepper, carrot, celery, cauliflower, shallot):

Parsleyfits better
Turmericfits better
Tarragonfits better
Garlicthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pepper, carrot, celery, cauliflower, shallot. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.