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Halloumi Wrapped in Red Pepper with Lemon & Chilli

A pepper-perfect veggie recipe for the barbecue, filled with tangy halloumi cheese - there's an 'if it rains' version too

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Pepper and halloumi work together. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and 49 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl caproate, which smells fruity, apple peel. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4

Ingredients

Contains: milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

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By bbcgoodfood. 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Pepper + halloumitop 17% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together49 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  2. Pepper + lemontop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together27,039 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  3. Oregano + lemontop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together784 recipes

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

  4. Pepper + oreganotop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,449 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  5. Halloumi + cheesetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together86 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the oregano

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pepper, halloumi, cheese, olive, lemon):

  1. Basilabout as good a flavor fit
  2. Thymeabout as good a flavor fit
  3. Parsleyabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Oreganothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pepper, halloumi, cheese, olive, lemon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).