Name: Zucchini Carpaccio with Feta and Pine Nuts Recipe
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 2 medium zucchini or other summer squash, ends trimmed and sliced into paper-thin rounds; 1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest; 4 teaspoons high-quality extra-virgin olive oil; 1/4 cup crumbled feta cheese; 3 tablespoons loosely packed fresh mint or chervil leaves, coarsely chopped; 2 tablespoons pine nuts

Why it works: Lemon and pine match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 480 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Zucchini Carpaccio with Feta and Pine Nuts Recipe

4 servings

Ingredients

2 medium zucchini or other summer squash, ends trimmed and sliced into paper-thin rounds
1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest
4 teaspoons high-quality extra-virgin olive oil
1/4 cup crumbled feta cheese
3 tablespoons loosely packed fresh mint or chervil leaves, coarsely chopped
2 tablespoons pine nuts

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

451Calories

12 gProtein

42 gFat

12 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 8 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Pine Nut	1 oz (28g)	191
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Feta Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Cucumber	1/2 cup sliced (52g)	16
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Pumpkin	not in our table	0
Peppermint	not in our table	0
Chervil	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Lemon + pinetop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together480 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Lemon + minttop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,998 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Olive + pinetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,062 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Olive + feta cheesetop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,482 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).
Lemon + olivetop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together11,922 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

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

Swap the nuts

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lemon, olive, feta cheese, mint, pine):

Chickpeafits better
Pistachiofits better
Walnutfits better
Nutsthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against lemon, olive, feta cheese, mint, pine. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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