Name: Habas Con Jamon
Ingredients: 300 g broad beans (fresh or canned); 1 onion , sliced; 2 strips of ham or bacon (or vegetarian bacon); Olive oil

Why it works: Beans and olive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,470 recipes. Both carry trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Habas Con Jamon

Timea few minutes

Ingredients

300 g broad beans (fresh or canned)
1 onion , sliced
2 strips of ham or bacon (or vegetarian bacon)
Olive oil

Directions

Fry the onions and ham in a pan with a little olive oil.
Add the broad beans and sauté for a few minutes until the beans are soft.
Serve hot.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

448Calories

31 gProtein

31 gFat

10 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Pork	100g cooked	242
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Bacon	1 slice cooked (8g)	43
Broad Bean	not in our table	0

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.

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.

Beans + olivetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,470 recipes

Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).
Beans + oniontop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together5,242 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Onion + olivetop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together29,779 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Onion + hamtop 18% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together4,159 recipes

Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).
Beans + hamtop 22% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together140 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

Broad beans: Provide the main body of the dish and soften into a tender texture when sautéed.
Onion: Softens and sweetens as it fries, adding savoury depth to the dish.
Ham: Renders fat and flavour into the pan, seasoning the beans and onions.