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Why it works: Garlic and tomato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,076 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Cirdingis

Serves 4

Ingredients

Directions

  1. 1. Make a "crater" in the middle of flour

  2. 2. Pour water into the well

  3. 3. Mix with hands to form a dough

  4. 4. Knead dough well until smooth

  5. 5. Add more flour if dough is too sticky

  6. 6. The finished dough should be smooth and not too sticky

  7. 7. Sprinkle work surface with flour

  8. 8. Cut dough into several pieces

  9. 9. Sprinkle a dish with flour

  10. 10. Place the dough pieces on the floured dish

  11. 11. Take a piece of dough and roll into a long rope

  12. 12. Flatten the dough rope slightly

  13. 13. Cut the rope into pieces

  14. 15. Toss the cut pieces with flour

  15. 17. Roll the pieces to about 2 inches long with your hands

  16. 18. Place the dough piece on floured surface

  17. 22. Place the finished cirdingis on a platter

  18. 23. Boil a pot of water and add the cirdingis to cook

  19. 24. Strain out the cooked cirdingis

  20. 25. Serve cirdingis with sauces

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

600Calories
14 gProtein
15 gFat
101 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Red Meatnot in our table0

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 Wikibooks Cookbook.

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. Garlic + tomatotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,076 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Clove + garlictop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,368 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Clove + tomatotop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,474 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  4. Flour + garlictop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,149 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Flour + clovetop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together12,671 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (meat, flour, garlic, tomato):

  1. Cuminfits better
  2. Jalapenofits better
  3. Oreganofits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against meat, flour, garlic, tomato. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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