Name: Orange Balsamic Glazed Beets
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 2 h
Yield: (4 servings)
Ingredients: 2 pounds beets, greens and stems removed (save for another recipe) and scrubbed; Olive Oil; Salt and Pepper; Juice and zest of one orange; 1/3 cup balsamic vinegar; 2 teaspoons sugar

Why it works: Olive and orange are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,456 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Orange Balsamic Glazed Beets

(4 servings)

Prep5 min

Cook2 hr

Ingredients

2 pounds beets, greens and stems removed (save for another recipe) and scrubbed
Olive Oil
Salt and Pepper
Juice and zest of one orange
1/3 cup balsamic vinegar
2 teaspoons sugar

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

274Calories

3 gProtein

14 gFat

37 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Orange	1 medium (131g)	62
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Beet	1/2 cup (85g)	35
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Salt	1 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 backtoherroots. 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.

Olive + orangetop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,456 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Pepper + orangetop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,402 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
Olive + vinegartop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together12,297 recipes

Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).
Olive + peppertop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together30,263 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Pepper + vinegartop 14% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together27,814 recipes

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

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

Swap the orange

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, pepper, vinegar, sugar):

Lemonfits better
Cherryfits better
Limefits better
Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, pepper, vinegar, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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