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Cous Cous with Sausage, Greens, and White BeansCous Cous with Sausage, Kale, and White Beans

By biggirlssmallkitchen · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Why it works: Kale and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 490 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Cous Cous with Sausage, Greens, and White BeansCous Cous with Sausage, Kale, and White Beans

Serves 4

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

567Calories
23 gProtein
48 gFat
6 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sausage100g cooked301
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Beannot 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 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. Kale + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together490 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Kale + beanstop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together92 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Olive + basiltop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,063 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  5. Garlic + basiltop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,805 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (kale, olive, garlic, beans, white wine, basil, parmesan cheese):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Oreganofits better
  3. Rosemaryfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against kale, olive, garlic, beans, white wine, basil, parmesan cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.