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Runner Beans with Shallot Butter

A special twist to the under-rated fresh flavoured runner bean - serve with 'A good steak and kidney pie'

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Runner Beans with Shallot Butter

Why it works: Beans and shallot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 147 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Runner Beans with Shallot Butter

Serves 6

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

429Calories
3 gProtein
26 gFat
51 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Banana1 medium (118g)105
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Beannot 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. Beans + shallottop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together147 recipes

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

  2. Beans + olivetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,470 recipes

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

  3. Butter + white winetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,083 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  4. Olive + shallottop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,659 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Olive + vinegartop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together12,297 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

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

Swap the beans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, olive, shallot, sugar, white wine, vinegar):

  1. Chestnutfits about as well
  2. Almondfits about as well
  3. Chickpeafits about as well
  4. Beansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, olive, shallot, sugar, white wine, vinegar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.