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Limas Au Gratin

Grilled lima beans coated with milk, salt, pepper, butter, and grated Parmesan or Romano cheese.

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Why it works: Milk and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 81,283 recipes. Both carry (z)-4-heptenal, which smells biscuit, cream. The science ↓

Limas Au Gratin

Time15 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Thaw the beans.

  2. Place the beans in a foil pie plate.

  3. Add the remaining ingredients.

Grill

  1. Cover with heavy-duty foil, crimping the edges tightly.

  2. Grill over hot coals for 15 minutes, turning often.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

588Calories
33 gProtein
37 gFat
34 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Romano Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Lima Bean1/2 cup (85g) cooked108
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
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.

Explore the science

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. Milk + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  2. Butter + romano cheesetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together130 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).

  3. Lima beans + buttertop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together414 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  4. Lima beans + peppertop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together468 recipes

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

  5. Lima beans + milktop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together132 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).

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

What each ingredient does

Frozen baby lima beans
Provide the main body of the dish, cooking until tender over the grill.
Parmesan or romano cheese
Adds savoury, salty flavour and browns slightly as it melts over the beans.
Milk
Adds moisture so the beans steam gently under the foil rather than drying out.

The step that matters

Crimping the foil tightly. A well-sealed foil packet traps steam and moisture, so the beans cook through evenly instead of drying or scorching over the coals.

Swap the lima beans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (milk, pepper, butter, romano cheese):

  1. Walnutfits better
  2. Beansfits about as well
  3. Peasfits about as well
  4. Lima beansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against milk, pepper, butter, romano cheese. 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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