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Roasted Beets with Feta & Cumin

An eyecatching and sophisticated side dish for any meaty main

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Roasted Beets with Feta & Cumin

Why it works: Beetroot and cumin share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 65 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Roasted Beets with Feta & Cumin

Serves 4

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

240Calories
7 gProtein
23 gFat
1 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 5 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Beetrootnot in our table0
Seednot 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. Beetroot + cumintop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together65 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Olive + cumintop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,853 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Olive + feta cheesetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,482 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

  4. Beetroot + olivetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together965 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl butyrate (apple, fruity).

  5. Cumin + feta cheesetop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together144 recipes

    Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).

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

Swap the beetroot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, cumin, feta cheese):

  1. Tomatofits better
  2. Spinachfits better
  3. Capsicumfits better
  4. Beetrootthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, cumin, feta cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.