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Big Girls, Test Kitchen: Homemade Fresh Ricotta

By biggirlssmallkitchen · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Wine and plum work together. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 343 recipes. Both carry ethyl cinnamate, which smells sweet, balsamic. The science ↓

Big Girls, Test Kitchen: Homemade Fresh Ricotta

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

251Calories
13 gProtein
10 gFat
19 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Ricotta1/2 cup (124g) part-skim174
Plum1 medium (66g)30
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Cherry Tomato1 medium (123g)22

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By biggirlssmallkitchen. 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. Wine + plumtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together343 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

  2. Plum + cherry tomatotop 30% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1 recipe

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

  3. Wine + cherry tomatotop 50% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1 recipe

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

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

Swap the cherry tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (wine, plum):

  1. Pearfits better
  2. Apricotfits better
  3. Applefits better
  4. Cherry tomatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against wine, plum. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.