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Spring Onion & Halloumi Bruschetta with Carrot & Saffron Salsa

An interesting new starter idea of fried cheese from Cyprus, crispy toasted sourdough bread and a carrot topping

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Why it works: Carrot and saffron match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 179 recipes mention both. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4
Prep20 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk, wheat, tree nuts (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

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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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Carrot + saffrontop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together179 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Lemon + coriandertop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,498 recipes

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

  3. Saffron + lemontop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together538 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Saffron + coriandertop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together381 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Saffron + almondtop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together306 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the almond

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (halloumi, cheese, carrot, olive, saffron, lemon, coriander):

  1. Chickpeabetter flavor fit
  2. Beansbetter flavor fit
  3. Peasabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Almondthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against halloumi, cheese, carrot, olive, saffron, lemon, coriander. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).