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Basic Roasted Beets Recipe

Roasting beets concentrates their natural sweetness and couldn't be easier. To serve, drizzle the beets with olive oil and sprinkle them with salt, or try them...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Basic Roasted Beets Recipe

Why it works: Olive and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 30,263 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Basic Roasted Beets Recipe

3 roasted beets
Cook1 hr 30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

160Calories
2 gProtein
14 gFat
10 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Beet1/2 cup (85g)35
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)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.

  1. Olive + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together30,263 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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