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Kale Almond Pesto Recipe

Mid July and pestomania is in the air. I've been working on a variety of pestos night and day for the last week. Today's version is Kale Almond Pesto.

By chow · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Kale and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 490 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Kale Almond Pesto Recipe

1 batch

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

164Calories
2 gProtein
15 gFat
9 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
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 chow. 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. Kale + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together490 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Garlic + olivetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Kale + almondtop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together59 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Lemon + peppertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  5. Kale + lemontop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together226 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the almond

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (kale, clove, garlic, lemon, olive, pepper):

  1. Chickpeafits better
  2. Lentilsfits better
  3. Cashew nutfits better
  4. Almondthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against kale, clove, garlic, lemon, olive, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.