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Herby Couscous with Citrus & Pomegranate Dressing

This colourful side dish goes beautifully with lamb chops, or Middle Eastern-style dishes

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Herby Couscous with Citrus & Pomegranate Dressing

Why it works: Pomegranate and mint work together. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 118 recipes. Both carry alpha-pinene, which smells pine, turpentine. The science ↓

Herby Couscous with Citrus & Pomegranate Dressing

Serves 4
Prep15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

432Calories
9 gProtein
15 gFat
68 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 8 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Couscous1 cup cooked (157g)176
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Pomegranate1/2 cup seeds (87g)72
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Seednot in our table0
Peppermintnot in our table0
Coriandernot 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 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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Pomegranate + minttop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together118 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  2. Pomegranate + coriandertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together107 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  3. Pomegranate + orangetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together116 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  4. Mint + coriandertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together940 recipes

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

  5. Coriander + olivetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,615 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

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

Swap the orange

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pomegranate, mint, coriander, white wine, vinegar, olive):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Lemonfits better
  3. Avocadofits better
  4. Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pomegranate, mint, coriander, white wine, vinegar, olive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.