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Chargrilled Polenta with Balsamic Mushrooms

This simple veggie supper wins the olive vote for top cheat's choice, creating a stylish dish using ready-made polenta

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Chargrilled Polenta with Balsamic Mushrooms

Why it works: Olive and garlic are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 25,665 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Chargrilled Polenta with Balsamic Mushrooms

Serves 2
Prep10 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

300Calories
12 gProtein
21 gFat
17 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Chestnutnot 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. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Chestnut + clovetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together143 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  3. Mushroom + garlictop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,700 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Olive + mushroomtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,571 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  5. Olive + chestnuttop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together448 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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 (olive, chestnut, mushroom, garlic, vinegar, sugar):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Rosemaryfits better
  3. Capersfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, chestnut, mushroom, garlic, vinegar, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.