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Wild Mushroom Crostini with Goat’s Curd

A lovely lunch recipe - the porcini powder bumps up the savoury flavours

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Wild Mushroom Crostini with Goat’s Curd

Why it works: Thyme and shallot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,476 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Wild Mushroom Crostini with Goat’s Curd

MAKES 6 crostini

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

905Calories
21 gProtein
28 gFat
146 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Banana1 medium (118g)105
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Sourdough1 slice (36g)93
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Porcininot 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. Thyme + shallottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,476 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Thyme + clovetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,108 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  3. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Olive + thymetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,948 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

  5. Shallot + mushroomtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,982 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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

Swap the banana

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, olive, thyme, shallot, garlic, clove, mushroom):

  1. Lemonfits better
  2. Avocadofits better
  3. Limefits better
  4. Bananathe original

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