Name: Tomato & Prosciutto Skewers
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: 6 slices prosciutto or Parma ham, cut into 3 strips; 200g small plum or cherry tomatoes; 100g button mushrooms; 1 red onion , cut into wedges; 50ml olive oil , with a handful of mixed herbs stirred thorough, to serve; small bunch thyme , broken into sprigs; 6 wooden skewers , soaked in cold water for 20 minutes

Why it works: Olive and thyme match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,948 recipes. Both carry methyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells apple, fatty. The science ↓

Tomato & Prosciutto Skewers

Serves 2

Ingredients

6 slices prosciutto or Parma ham, cut into 3 strips
200g small plum or cherry tomatoes
100g button mushrooms
1 red onion , cut into wedges
50ml olive oil , with a handful of mixed herbs stirred thorough, to serve
small bunch thyme , broken into sprigs
6 wooden skewers , soaked in cold water for 20 minutes

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

563Calories

34 gProtein

29 gFat

47 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Pork	100g cooked	242
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Cherry	1 cup (138g)	87
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Plum	1 medium (66g)	30
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Mushroom	1/2 cup sliced (35g)	15
Thyme	1 tsp dried (1.4g)	4
Water	not in our table	0

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.

Olive + thymetop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together4,948 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).
Mushroom + thymetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,557 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
Plum + thymetop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together193 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Mushroom + olivetop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,571 recipes

Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).
Onion + thymetop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together11,171 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (prosciutto, plum, mushroom, olive, thyme):

Tomatofits better
Shallotfits better
Capsicumfits better
Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against prosciutto, plum, mushroom, olive, thyme. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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