Name: Wilted Spinach with Pine Nuts & Raisins
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 1kg spinach leaves, washed; olive oil; 80g pine nuts , toasted; 80g raisins , soaked in hot water for 20 minutes until plump, then drained; 2 garlic cloves , finely chopped; 1 tbsp finely chopped oregano leaves; 125ml olive oil; 2 tbsp red wine vinegar

Why it works: Spinach and pine match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 181 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Wilted Spinach with Pine Nuts & Raisins

Serves 6

Prep5 min

Cook10 min

Ingredients

1kg spinach leaves, washed
olive oil
80g pine nuts , toasted
80g raisins , soaked in hot water for 20 minutes until plump, then drained
2 garlic cloves , finely chopped
1 tbsp finely chopped oregano leaves
125ml olive oil
2 tbsp red wine vinegar

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

391Calories

6 gProtein

33 gFat

23 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Pine Nut	1 oz (28g)	191
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Grape	1/2 cup (76g)	62
Spinach	1 cup raw (30g)	7
Oregano	1 tsp dried (1.8g)	5
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
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.

Spinach + pinetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together181 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Spinach + garlictop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,435 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Garlic + oreganotop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together3,756 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together25,665 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Clove + oreganotop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together556 recipes

Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

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

Swap the raisin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (spinach, olive, pine, nuts, garlic, clove, oregano):

Avocadofits better
Limefits better
Lemonfits better
Raisinthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against spinach, olive, pine, nuts, garlic, clove, oregano. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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