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Mozzarella Couscous Bake

A great couscous bake that uses up ingredients that are past their best, but is just as tasty with fresh ingredients! Great for a quick tea-time or to showcase at a meal with friends.

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Clove and cumin match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,306 recipes. Both carry cuminaldehyde, which smells Spicy, cumin. The science ↓

Mozzarella Couscous Bake

Serves 2

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

560Calories
16 gProtein
33 gFat
53 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Couscous1 cup cooked (157g)176
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4

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. Clove + cumintop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,306 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  2. Onion + cumintop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,498 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Mushroom + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together12,525 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  4. Onion + mushroomtop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,626 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Mushroom + clovetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,663 recipes

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

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

Swap the cumin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (onion, mushroom, clove, butter):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Garlicfits better
  3. Cinnamonfits better
  4. Cuminthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against onion, mushroom, clove, butter. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.