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Beetroot Shots with Tarragon Yogurt Ice Cubes

Sounds weird - tastes delicious - perfect for those hard to impress guests

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Beetroot Shots with Tarragon Yogurt Ice Cubes

Why it works: Beetroot and tarragon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 184 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Beetroot Shots with Tarragon Yogurt Ice Cubes

1 litre (20 x 50ml shot-sized servings)
Prep15 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

267Calories
20 gProtein
1 gFat
40 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
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Red Onion1 medium (110g)44
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Tarragon1 tsp dried (0.5g)2
Beetrootnot 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. Beetroot + tarragontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together184 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Vinegar + tarragontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,547 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Onion + beetroottop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,261 recipes

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

  4. Red wine + vinegartop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together575 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  5. Onion + tarragontop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,568 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, red wine, vinegar, beetroot, yogurt, tarragon):

  1. Shallotfits better
  2. Lettucefits better
  3. Cucumberfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, red wine, vinegar, beetroot, yogurt, tarragon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.