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Sausage Gnocchi with Warm Kale & Bean Salad

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Sausage Gnocchi with Warm Kale & Bean Salad

Why it works: Fennel and rosemary match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 157 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Sausage Gnocchi with Warm Kale & Bean Salad

Serves 4

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

731Calories
22 gProtein
45 gFat
59 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 16 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sausage100g cooked301
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Fennel1/2 bulb (87g)27
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Rosemary1 tsp dried (1.2g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Meatnot in our table0
Seednot in our table0
Hazelnutnot in our table0
Swiss Chardnot 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 jamieoliver. 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. Fennel + rosemarytop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together157 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Rosemary + olivetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,590 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Fennel + broccolitop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together76 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Broccoli + olivetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,460 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  5. Fennel + hazelnuttop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together23 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the green beans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (meat, fennel, rosemary, broccoli, olive, hazelnut, maple syrup):

  1. Mustardfits better
  2. Beetrootfits better
  3. Sweet potatofits better
  4. Green beansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against meat, fennel, rosemary, broccoli, olive, hazelnut, maple syrup. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.