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Black Rice Recipe with Roasted Acorn Squash

By aspicyperspective · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Black Rice Recipe with Roasted Acorn Squash

Why it works: Shallot and thyme match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,476 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Black Rice Recipe with Roasted Acorn Squash

8 servings
Prep20 min
Cook40 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

563Calories
7 gProtein
28 gFat
73 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Pecan1 half (4g)20
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pumpkinnot 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.

By aspicyperspective. 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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Shallot + thymetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,476 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Thyme + peppertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,585 recipes

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

  3. Orange + thymetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together442 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  4. Shallot + acorntop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together0 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Rice + shallottop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together284 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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

Swap the acorn

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rice, butter, shallot, orange, thyme, pepper):

  1. Black-eyed peafits better
  2. Chestnutfits better
  3. Beansfits better
  4. Acornthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against rice, butter, shallot, orange, thyme, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.