Name: Marinated Beetroot with Grilled Goat's Cheese
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 5 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 6 tbsp olive oil , plus extra for greasing; 3 tbsp red wine vinegar; 1 tsp sugar; 1 tsp thyme leaves; 4 raw beetroot , peeled and very thinly sliced on a mandoline or with a food processor slicing attachment; 2 x 100g vegetarian goat's cheese rounds with rind, halved horizontally; 4 handfuls rocket

Why it works: Olive and thyme match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,948 recipes. Both carry methyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells apple, fatty. The science ↓

Marinated Beetroot with Grilled Goat's Cheese

Serves 4

Prep10 min

Cook5 min

Ingredients

6 tbsp olive oil , plus extra for greasing
3 tbsp red wine vinegar
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp thyme leaves
4 raw beetroot , peeled and very thinly sliced on a mandoline or with a food processor slicing attachment
2 x 100g vegetarian goat's cheese rounds with rind, halved horizontally
4 handfuls rocket

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

288Calories

7 gProtein

23 gFat

14 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Thyme	1 tsp dried (1.4g)	4
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Beetroot	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.

Olive + thymetop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together4,948 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).
Thyme + beetroottop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together171 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Red wine + thymetop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together749 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Olive + beetroottop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together965 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl butyrate (apple, fruity).
Red wine + vinegartop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together575 recipes

Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

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

Swap the beetroot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, red wine, vinegar, sugar, thyme, cheese):

Tomatofits better
Mustardfits better
Capsicumfits better
Beetrootthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, red wine, vinegar, sugar, thyme, cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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