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Tabouli with Feta and Endive

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Why it works: Endive and feta cheese work together. They rank in the top 19% of all ingredient pairs, and 8 recipes mention both. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

The recipe

12 servings
Cook5 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Put the bulghur wheat in a large heatproof bowl, pour the boiling water over it, stir once, cover and let stand 5 minutes until tender and the water is absorbed.

  2. Fluff the bulghur with a fork and let it cool to room temperature.

  3. In a small bowl, whisk the lemon zest, lemon juice, olive oil, cayenne, minced garlic and salt until blended.

  4. Add the green onions, parsley, mint, cucumber, cherry tomatoes (or diced large tomatoes) and crumbled feta to the bulghur and toss to combine.

  5. Pour the dressing over the salad and toss well so everything is evenly coated.

  6. Taste and add more salt or lemon juice if needed.

  7. Trim the root ends from the endive heads and separate the leaves, or cut the heads into spears.

  8. Arrange the endive leaves on a platter and spoon the tabouli onto them just before serving.

By aspicyperspective. 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Endive + feta cheesetop 19% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together8 recipes

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

  2. Lemon + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together14,036 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together29,030 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  4. Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together34,118 recipes

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

  5. Lemon + minttop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,998 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (wheat, lemon, olive, pepper, garlic, parsley, mint):

  1. Tomatobetter flavor fit
  2. Carrotbetter flavor fit
  3. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against wheat, lemon, olive, pepper, garlic, parsley, mint. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).