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Spiced Pumpkin Dip with Crudites

Raw vegetables with a smooth, creamy squash dip make a great starter, canapé or mezze dish

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Spiced Pumpkin Dip with Crudites

Why it works: Carrot and celery match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,173 recipes. Both carry myristicin, which smells spice, warm. The science ↓

Spiced Pumpkin Dip with Crudites

MAKES one pot of dip

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

179Calories
4 gProtein
13 gFat
14 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 7 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Mascarpone2 tbsp (28g)120
Fennel1/2 bulb (87g)27
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Chives1 tbsp (3g)1
Pumpkinnot in our table0
Saucenot 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. Carrot + celerytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10,173 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  2. Butternut squash + chivetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together22 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Chive + radishtop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together30 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Butternut squash + fenneltop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together22 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Carrot + fenneltop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together330 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

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

Swap the radish

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butternut squash, sauce, chive, carrot, fennel, celery):

  1. Parsnipfits better
  2. Shallotfits better
  3. Beetrootfits better
  4. Radishthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butternut squash, sauce, chive, carrot, fennel, celery. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.