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White Asparagus with Serrano Ham & Chive Dressing

White asparagus has an earthier, nuttier flavour than the more usual green

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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White Asparagus with Serrano Ham & Chive Dressing

Why it works: Mustard and chive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 587 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

White Asparagus with Serrano Ham & Chive Dressing

Serves 4
Prep20 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

494Calories
32 gProtein
31 gFat
27 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
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Asparagus6 spears (90g)27
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Chive1 tbsp (3g)1
Hazelnutnot 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. Mustard + chivetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together587 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  2. Asparagus + chivetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together165 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Asparagus + mustardtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together213 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Asparagus + lemontop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together704 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  5. Walnut + chivetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together119 recipes

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

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

Swap the walnut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (asparagus, ham, lemon, mustard, honey, chive):

  1. Beansfits better
  2. Lentilsfits better
  3. Sesamefits better
  4. Walnutthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against asparagus, ham, lemon, mustard, honey, chive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.