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The Ultimate Makeover: Burgers

Turn a barbecue favourite into a superhealthy treat without compromising on taste

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 16 ingredients
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The Ultimate Makeover: Burgers

Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

The Ultimate Makeover: Burgers

Serves 4
Prep25 min
Cook40 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1022Calories
52 gProtein
23 gFat
153 gCarbs

Counts 15 of 16 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 15 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Beef100g cooked250
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Plum1 medium (66g)30
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Watercress1 cup (34g)4
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Tarragon1 tsp dried (0.5g)2
Chive1 tbsp (3g)1
Rapeseed 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. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Mustard + tarragontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together901 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyleugenol (clove, spice).

  3. Carrot + clovetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,873 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  4. Clove + tarragontop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together548 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

  5. Garlic + mustardtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,053 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beef, onion, carrot, garlic, mustard, tarragon, egg):

  1. Parsleyfits better
  2. Capersfits better
  3. Celeryfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against beef, onion, carrot, garlic, mustard, tarragon, egg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.