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Celery Root and Squash Gratin with Walnut-Thyme Streusel Recipe

Make the most of fall ingredients with this seasonal gratin, in which layers of celery root and squash are bathed in cream and topped with crunchy walnut- and...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Celery Root and Squash Gratin with Walnut-Thyme Streusel Recipe

Why it works: Parsley and thyme match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,057 recipes. Both carry cuminaldehyde, which smells Spicy, cumin. The science ↓

Celery Root and Squash Gratin with Walnut-Thyme Streusel Recipe

8 to 12 servings
Prep35 min
Cook1 hr 15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

695Calories
16 gProtein
21 gFat
110 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 12 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pumpkinnot in our table0
Celeriacnot in our table0

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.

  1. Parsley + thymetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,057 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  2. Parsley + celerytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,810 recipes

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

  3. Thyme + celerytop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,193 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  4. Thyme + butternut squashtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together154 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Walnut + celerytop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together852 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

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

Swap the walnut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, parsley, thyme, butternut squash, cream, celery, onion):

  1. Chestnutfits better
  2. Lentilsfits better
  3. Chickpeafits better
  4. Walnutthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, parsley, thyme, butternut squash, cream, celery, onion. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.