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Spicy Roast Pumpkin

Diced pumpkin tossed in olive oil, ground coriander, ground chilli flakes and sea salt.

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Coriander and olive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 6,615 recipes. Both carry 2-undecenal, which smells sweet. The science ↓

Spicy Roast Pumpkin

Serves 4

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

119Calories
0 gProtein
14 gFat
0 gCarbs

Counts 2 of 4 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 2 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pumpkinnot in our table0
Coriandernot 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. Coriander + olivetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,615 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  2. Pumpkin + olivetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,108 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  3. Pumpkin + coriandertop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together427 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

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

Swap the pumpkin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (coriander, olive):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Avocadofits better
  3. Lemonfits better
  4. Pumpkinthe original

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