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Cauliflower Steaks with Green Harissa and Brown Rice

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By naturallyella · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Why it works: Cauliflower and rice share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and 54 recipes mention both. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

The recipe

Prep10 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

  • Steak
  • Green Harissa
  • Extra

Directions

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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. Cauliflower + ricetop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together54 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  2. Cumin + coriandertop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,866 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together29,030 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  4. Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together34,118 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  5. Cumin + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together5,083 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cauliflower, olive, pepper, cumin, coriander, garlic, parsley):

  1. Tomatobetter flavor fit
  2. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  3. Carrotbetter flavor fit
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cauliflower, olive, pepper, cumin, coriander, garlic, parsley. 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).