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Stilton Parcels & Apple Sauce

Crisp little filo parcels bursting with Christmas flavours, perfect as a starter or drinks nibble.

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Stilton Parcels & Apple Sauce

Why it works: Spinach and chive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 163 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Stilton Parcels & Apple Sauce

Makes 8 parcels

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

293Calories
4 gProtein
15 gFat
40 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 9 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Blackberry1 cup (144g)62
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Chive1 tbsp (3g)1
Pastrynot in our table0
Saucenot in our table0
Clementinenot 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. Spinach + chivetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together163 recipes

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

  2. Blackberry + appletop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together110 recipes

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

  3. Spinach + walnuttop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together221 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  4. Walnut + chivetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together119 recipes

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

  5. Butter + blackberrytop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together522 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-undecalactone (peach, sweet).

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

Swap the chive

The recipe marks chive as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (spinach, walnut, butter, sauce, blackberry, apple):

  1. Lettucefits better
  2. Beetrootfits better
  3. Shallotfits better
  4. Chivethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against spinach, walnut, butter, sauce, blackberry, apple. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.