Why it works: Olive and chickpea match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 942 recipes mention both. Both carry methyl butyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓
The recipe
Serves 8Ingredients
Contains: tree nuts (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)
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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.
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Olive + chickpeatop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together942 recipes
Shared aroma: methyl butyrate (fruity, apple).
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Chickpea + sunflowertop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together56 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
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Olive + sunflowertop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together546 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-heptenal (green).
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Sunflower + peppertop 6% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together568 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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Olive + peppertop 6% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together27,398 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-heptenal (green).
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