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Spiced Meat Rub

This quick and simple herb rub can be put into a mill and used to marinade or season meat and vegetables

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Spiced Meat Rub

Why it works: Thyme and rosemary match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,340 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-one, which smells mushroom, metallic. The science ↓

Spiced Meat Rub

MAKES enough for 1 small pepper mill, easily increased
Prep5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

16Calories
0 gProtein
0 gFat
3 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Rosemary1 tsp dried (1.2g)4
Bay Leaf1 leaf (0.6g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)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.

  1. Thyme + rosemarytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,340 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  2. Thyme + celerytop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,193 recipes

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

  3. Rosemary + celerytop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together470 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 celery

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (thyme, rosemary):

  1. Marjoramfits better
  2. Sagefits better
  3. Oreganofits better
  4. Celerythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against thyme, rosemary. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.