Name: Italian Turkey Steaks with Garlicky Bean Mash
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: zest 2 lemons , juice from 1 ½; 3 tbsp olive oil; 3 garlic cloves , crushed; 2 tsp chopped fresh oregano , or 1 tsp dried; 4 thick turkey steaks; 250g punnet cherry or small plum tomatoes , some halved, some left whole; 750g bag frozen broad beans

Why it works: Garlic and oregano are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,756 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Italian Turkey Steaks with Garlicky Bean Mash

Serves 4

Prep10 min

Cook10 min

Ingredients

zest 2 lemons , juice from 1 ½
3 tbsp olive oil
3 garlic cloves , crushed
2 tsp chopped fresh oregano , or 1 tsp dried
4 thick turkey steaks
250g punnet cherry or small plum tomatoes , some halved, some left whole
750g bag frozen broad beans

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

444Calories

35 gProtein

18 gFat

40 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

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Cherry	1 cup (138g)	87
Plum	1 medium (66g)	30
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Oregano	1 tsp dried (1.8g)	5
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Broad Bean	not in our table	0

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.

Garlic + oreganotop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together3,756 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together25,665 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Lemon + oreganotop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together784 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Clove + oreganotop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together556 recipes

Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
Olive + beanstop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,470 recipes

Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

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

Swap the cherry

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lemon, olive, garlic, clove, oregano, turkey, beans):

Limefits better
Avocadofits better
Orangefits about as well
Cherrythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against lemon, olive, garlic, clove, oregano, turkey, beans. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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