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Herbed Risotto Recipe

This risotto doesn't require much work: Simply stir the rice, drop in a large handful of fresh chopped herbs at the end, and you've got an aromatic, flavorful...

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Why it works: Pepper and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and 34,118 recipes mention both. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

The recipe

6 servings

Ingredients

Contains: milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

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

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

  2. Chicken + ricetop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,569 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).

  3. White wine + parmesan cheesetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together697 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  4. Rice + parmesan cheesetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together874 recipes

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

  5. Chicken + oniontop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together17,808 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the parsley

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, olive, onion, pepper, rice, white wine, parmesan cheese):

  1. Garlicbetter flavor fit
  2. Basilbetter flavor fit
  3. Thymebetter flavor fit
  4. Parsleythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, olive, onion, pepper, rice, white wine, parmesan cheese. 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).