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Grilled Baby Squid Stuffed with Chorizo, Tomato Salad & Green Olive Tapenade

This Spanish tapa makes a perfect addition to a sharing menu, from the Opera Tavern's head chef Ben Tish

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Squid and olive work together. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 203 recipes mention both. Both carry nonanal, which smells fat, citrus. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 6
Prep15 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Heat a grill or grill pan over medium-high heat until hot.

  2. Cook the diced chorizo in a skillet over medium heat for 5 minutes, stirring, until browned and cooked through to 160°F (71°C). Let it cool slightly.

  3. Finely chop the green olives and mix them with a drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil to make a rough tapenade. Set aside.

  4. Toss the diced tomatoes with the vinegar and a drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil. Season nothing further and let stand while the squid cooks.

  5. Spoon the cooked chorizo loosely into each baby squid body, filling without overstuffing, and leave the tail end open.

  6. Brush the stuffed squid lightly with olive oil. Grill for about 2 to 3 minutes per side until the flesh is opaque and reaches 145°F (63°C).

  7. Arrange the tomato salad on plates, top with the grilled squid, and spoon the olive tapenade alongside.

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. Squid + olivetop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together203 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  2. Olive + tomatotop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together14,164 recipes

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

  3. Olive + vinegartop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together10,843 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

  4. Squid + tomatotop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together96 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  5. Tomato + vinegartop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together5,061 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

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