Name: Spiced Turkey with Bulghar & Pomegranate Salad
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 2 tbsp each chopped dill, parsley and mint; zest and juice 1 lemon; 1 tbsp harissa paste; 500g/1lb 2oz turkey breast fillets; 2 tbsp white wine or water; 250g pack bulghar wheat or a mix- we used quinoa and bulghar mix); 2 tomatoes , chopped; ½ cucumber , diced; 100g pack pomegranate seeds

Why it works: Parsley and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,037 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Spiced Turkey with Bulghar & Pomegranate Salad

Serves 4

Prep10 min

Cook30 min

Ingredients

2 tbsp each chopped dill, parsley and mint
zest and juice 1 lemon
1 tbsp harissa paste
500g/1lb 2oz turkey breast fillets
2 tbsp white wine or water
250g pack bulghar wheat or a mix- we used quinoa and bulghar mix)
2 tomatoes , chopped
½ cucumber , diced
100g pack pomegranate seeds

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

539Calories

43 gProtein

9 gFat

69 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 14 ingredients. The other 5 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Quinoa	1 cup cooked (185g)	222
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Pomegranate	1/2 cup seeds (87g)	72
Wine	2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)	25
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Cucumber	1/2 cup sliced (52g)	16
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Dill	5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried	4
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
Peppermint	not in our table	0
Harissa	not in our table	0
Water	not in our table	0
Wheat	not in our table	0
Seed	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.

Parsley + lemontop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together14,037 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Dill + parsleytop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together669 recipes

Shared aroma: p-mentha-1,3,8-triene (camphor, herbal).
Dill + lemontop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together976 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Mint + lemontop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,998 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Dill + minttop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together177 recipes

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

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

Swap the harissa

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (dill, parsley, mint, lemon, turkey, white wine, wheat):

Thymefits better
Marjoramfits better
Fennelfits better
Harissathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against dill, parsley, mint, lemon, turkey, white wine, wheat. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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