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Tempura Asparagus

A yummy starter or canapé t share with the family or a big crowd

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Why it works: Asparagus and sunflower share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 32 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-one, which smells mushroom, metallic. The science ↓

Tempura Asparagus

Serves 4

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1062Calories
26 gProtein
30 gFat
168 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 15 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Sunflower1 oz (28g) hulled165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Asparagus6 spears (90g)27
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Waternot in our table0
Saucenot in our table0
Seednot in our table0
Coriandernot 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. Asparagus + sunflowertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together32 recipes

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

  2. Asparagus + garlictop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together606 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Sunflower + clovetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together199 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Sunflower + garlictop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together651 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Clove + garlictop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,368 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 (asparagus, sunflower, flour, sauce, rice wine, vinegar, garlic):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Tarragonfits better
  3. Corianderfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against asparagus, sunflower, flour, sauce, rice wine, vinegar, garlic. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.