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Couscous with Pine Nuts

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Pine and nuts work together. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 15 recipes. Both carry 2,3-pentanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓

Couscous with Pine Nuts

Serves 4
Prep30 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

367Calories
10 gProtein
20 gFat
40 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 4 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pine Nut1 oz (28g)191
Couscous1 cup cooked (157g)176
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot 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 bbcfood. 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. Pine + nutstop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

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