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Rosemary & Olive Drop Scones with Goat's Cheese

Tasty pop-in-the-mouth nibbles to impress guests with before dinner

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Rosemary & Olive Drop Scones with Goat's Cheese

Why it works: Rosemary and olive are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,590 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Rosemary & Olive Drop Scones with Goat's Cheese

Serves 24
Prep15 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1031Calories
37 gProtein
38 gFat
136 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Rosemary1 tsp dried (1.2g)4
Olive1 large (4g)4
Sunflower Oilnot 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. Rosemary + olivetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,590 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Olive + sunflowertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together698 recipes

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

  3. Rosemary + sunflowertop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together49 recipes

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

  4. Olive + cherry tomatotop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together24 recipes

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

  5. Milk + cheesetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,426 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

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

Swap the cherry tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, egg, milk, rosemary, olive, sunflower, cheese):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Lemonfits better
  3. Figfits better
  4. Cherry tomatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, egg, milk, rosemary, olive, sunflower, cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.