Name: Olive-Parsley Dip with Crudités Recipe
Yield: 8 to 10 servings (about 1 3/4 cups dip)
Ingredients: 1 pound fingerling potatoes , cut in half lengthwise; 1 medium head broccoli , cut into bite-size florets; 1 medium head cauliflower , cut into bite-size florets; 3 medium carrots , cut into sticks; 4 celery stalks, cut into sticks; 1 bunch radishes , ends trimmed and cut in half; 1 cup coarsely chopped mixed olives , such as Cerignola, kalamata, and Lucques; 1 cup sour cream; 1/4 cup fresh Italian parsley leaves, finely chopped; 5 teaspoons freshly squeezed lemon juice; 2 medium garlic cloves, minced; 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard; 1 teaspoon kosher salt

Why it works: Broccoli and cauliflower match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 127 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

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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.

Broccoli + cauliflowertop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together127 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Carrot + celerytop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together10,173 recipes

Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).
Broccoli + radishtop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together46 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).
Cauliflower + radishtop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together55 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).
Potato + carrottop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,107 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, broccoli, cauliflower, carrot, celery, olive, cream):

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Fit is the average pairing score against potato, broccoli, cauliflower, carrot, celery, olive, cream. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Yogurt	170g plain Greek	100
Broccoli	1 cup chopped (156g)	55
Carrot	1 medium (61g)	25
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Celery Stalks	1 stalk (40g)	6
Olive	1 large (4g)	4
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Mustard	1 tsp (5g) yellow	3
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

Olive-Parsley Dip with Crudités Recipe