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Asparagus, Artichoke and Shiitake Risotto

Though it’s still and gusting the kind of evil, icy winds outside that make you grunt as they hit your face and sometimes (er like last night when I accidentally left the window open and spent most of the night under sixteen blankets cursing these landlords who were being cheap! with our heat! Ok, Einstein.) I swear, I will never get warm again, when I began to make a shopping list for (Julia Child’s beef bourguignon, if you must know), I just couldn’t do it. Winter has really just begun and I began to feel like I’m caving without even trying to cope. This hibernation, it must stop.

By smittenkitchen · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Asparagus and artichoke match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 165 recipes mention both. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

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By smittenkitchen. 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. Asparagus + artichoketop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together165 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  2. Chicken + mushroomtop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,171 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-butyl acetate (fruity, banana).

  3. Artichoke + shallottop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together97 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  4. Butter + mushroomtop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together12,516 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  5. Mushroom + shallottop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,960 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-octenal (fatty, green).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the shallot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, asparagus, olive, butter, shiitake, mushroom, artichoke):

  1. Potatobetter flavor fit
  2. Tomatoabout as good a flavor fit
  3. Spinachabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Shallotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, asparagus, olive, butter, shiitake, mushroom, artichoke. 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).