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Big Girls, Test Kitchen: a Classic Panino

By biggirlssmallkitchen · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Why it works: Shallot and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,000 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Big Girls, Test Kitchen: a Classic Panino

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

416Calories
6 gProtein
36 gFat
24 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pine1 oz (28g)191
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Arugula1 cup (20g)5
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Cidernot 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.

Explore the science

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. Shallot + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,000 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Shallot + pinetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together37 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Cider + vinegartop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,431 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-ethyl-2-methoxyphenol (smoky, clove).

  4. Pine + garlictop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together708 recipes

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

  5. Vinegar + garlictop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,115 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

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

Swap the nuts

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cider, vinegar, sugar, shallot, prosciutto, pine, garlic):

  1. Chestnutfits better
  2. Chickpeafits better
  3. Sesamefits better
  4. Nutsthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cider, vinegar, sugar, shallot, prosciutto, pine, garlic. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.