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Spelt & Wild Mushroom Risotto

This autumnal risotto has a wonderful nutty flavour and is low in fat too

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Spelt & Wild Mushroom Risotto

Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Spelt & Wild Mushroom Risotto

Serves 4
Prep15 min
Cook35 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

318Calories
14 gProtein
21 gFat
15 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 10 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Chive1 tbsp (3g)1
Speltnot in our table0
Porcininot in our table0
Chestnutnot in our table0

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. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Spelt + chestnuttop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1 recipe

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Mushroom + white winetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,765 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity).

  5. Clove + chestnuttop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together143 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (spelt, mushroom, olive, onion, garlic, chestnut, white wine):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Capersfits better
  3. Rosemaryfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against spelt, mushroom, olive, onion, garlic, chestnut, white wine. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.