Name: Roast Chicken with Grappa
Prep time: 20 min
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 100g plain flour; 2 good pinches saffron strands, crushed in a pestle and mortar; 6 chicken breasts, with bone and skin on; 6 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil; 4 large sweet potatoes , about 1.5kg/3lb 5oz peeled and cut into large chunks; 150ml/¼ pint full-fat milk; 140g taleggio cheese , broken into chunks; 8 tbsp grappa (Italian brandy); 4 handfuls seedless red grapes

Why it works: Saffron and sweet potato share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 19 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Roast Chicken with Grappa

Serves 6

Prep20 min

Ingredients

100g plain flour
2 good pinches saffron strands, crushed in a pestle and mortar
6 chicken breasts, with bone and skin on
6 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
4 large sweet potatoes , about 1.5kg/3lb 5oz peeled and cut into large chunks
150ml/¼ pint full-fat milk
140g taleggio cheese , broken into chunks
8 tbsp grappa (Italian brandy)
4 handfuls seedless red grapes

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1224Calories

64 gProtein

36 gFat

160 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Red Grape	1/2 cup (76g)	62
Saffron	not in our table	0
Brandy	not in our table	0

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.

Saffron + sweet potatotop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together19 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Olive + sweet potatotop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together950 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Saffron + olivetop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together716 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Chicken + olivetop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together11,888 recipes

Shared aroma: acetic acid hexyl ester (sweet, green).
Flour + sweet potatotop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together627 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

Swap the saffron

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, chicken, olive, sweet potato, milk, cheese, brandy):

Cinnamonfits better
Thymefits better
Garlicfits better
Saffronthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, chicken, olive, sweet potato, milk, cheese, brandy. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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