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Stir-fried Sprouts with Green Beans, Lemon & Pine Nuts

This fresh idea for your Christmas sprouts is a good source of both vitamin C and folic acid

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Stir-fried Sprouts with Green Beans, Lemon & Pine Nuts

Why it works: Lemon and pine match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 480 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Stir-fried Sprouts with Green Beans, Lemon & Pine Nuts

Serves 8
Prep5 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

435Calories
9 gProtein
37 gFat
25 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pine1 oz (28g)191
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Brussels Sprout1 cup (156g)56
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12

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. Lemon + pinetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together480 recipes

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

  2. Olive + pinetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,062 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Olive + lemontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,922 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  4. Green beans + olivetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together226 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  5. Green beans + lemontop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together61 recipes

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

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

Swap the brussels sprouts

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (green beans, olive, lemon, pine, nuts):

  1. Spinachfits better
  2. Lettucefits better
  3. Broccolifits better
  4. Brussels sproutsthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against green beans, olive, lemon, pine, nuts. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.