Name: Simple Eggplant Caponata Recipe
Yield: 4-6 plates
Ingredients: 1 medium eggplant, diced into ½-inch cubes (leave skin on); ½ cup cherry tomatoes, sliced in half; 2 tablespoons kalamata olives, sliced in half; 2-4 tablespoons olive oil; celtic sea salt

Why it works: Eggplant and olive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 943 recipes. Both carry alpha-pinene, which smells pine, turpentine. The science ↓

Simple Eggplant Caponata Recipe

4-6 plates

Ingredients

1 medium eggplant, diced into ½-inch cubes (leave skin on)
½ cup cherry tomatoes, sliced in half
2 tablespoons kalamata olives, sliced in half
2-4 tablespoons olive oil
celtic sea salt

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

267Calories

3 gProtein

15 gFat

36 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Cherry	1 cup (138g)	87
Eggplant	1 cup cubed (82g)	35
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Olive	1 large (4g)	4
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By chow. 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.

Eggplant + olivetop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together943 recipes

Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).
Cherry tomato + olivetop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together24 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Eggplant + cherry tomatotop 20% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together0 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

Swap the cherry tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (eggplant, olive):

Avocadofits better
Limefits better
Cherryfits better
Cherry tomatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against eggplant, olive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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