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Fennel with Turnip Greens

One more spring green to try!

By naturallyella · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Fennel and turnip work together. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and 34 recipes mention both. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 1
Prep5 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Trim the greens from the turnips. Cut the turnips into bite-sized pieces and chop the greens coarsely, keeping them separate. Dice the fennel if not already diced.

  2. Heat the ½ tablespoon olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add the fennel and turnip pieces and cook 6 to 7 minutes, stirring, until lightly browned and tender-crisp.

  3. Add the chickpeas, drained and rinsed if canned, and cook 2 minutes, stirring, until warmed through.

  4. Add the chopped turnip greens and a splash of water. Cover and cook 2 to 3 minutes until the greens wilt.

  5. In a small bowl, whisk the 1 teaspoon olive oil, 1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar and 1 teaspoon stone-ground mustard until combined.

  6. Remove the pan from the heat, toss the vegetables and chickpeas with the dressing, and serve warm.

By naturallyella. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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. Fennel + turniptop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together34 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Olive + chickpeatop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together942 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl butyrate (fruity, apple).

  3. Vinegar + mustardtop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together14,067 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Fennel + chickpeatop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together39 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  5. Turnip + mustardtop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together290 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

Vinegar and mustard share little aroma chemistry, yet 14,067 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Flavor stand-ins for the chickpea

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, fennel, turnip, vinegar, mustard):

  1. Beansabout as good a flavor fit
  2. Chickpeathe original
  3. Lentilsabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, fennel, turnip, vinegar, mustard. 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).