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Peppers with Halloumi, Chilli & Pine Nuts

These stuffed peppers make a great treat for supper or a side dish and are ready in just 25 minutes

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Why it works: Pepper and halloumi work together. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and 49 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl caproate, which smells fruity, apple peel. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 6 as a side dish

Ingredients

Contains: milk, tree nuts (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

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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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Pepper + halloumitop 17% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together49 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  2. Lemon + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together14,036 recipes

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

  3. Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together34,118 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  4. Pepper + lemontop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together27,039 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  5. Lemon + pinetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together480 recipes

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

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

Flavor stand-ins for the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pepper, halloumi, cheese, lemon, pine, nuts, parsley):

  1. Thymebetter flavor fit
  2. Mintbetter flavor fit
  3. Peppermintbetter flavor fit
  4. Garlicthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pepper, halloumi, cheese, lemon, pine, nuts, parsley. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).