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Stuffed Peppers & Goats Cheese

Quick and simple to make, and totally delicious.

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Pepper and pine work together. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 687 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Stuffed Peppers & Goats Cheese

Serves 3

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

313Calories
11 gProtein
29 gFat
6 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pine Nut1 oz (28g)191
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3

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. Pepper + pinetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together687 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Cheese + vinegartop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together922 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-methylbutanol (malty, whiskey).

  3. Pine + nutstop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

  4. Pepper + vinegartop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,814 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  5. Pepper + cheesetop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,861 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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

Swap the nuts

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pepper, pine, cheese, vinegar):

  1. Walnutfits better
  2. Sesamefits better
  3. Beansfits better
  4. Nutsthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pepper, pine, cheese, vinegar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.