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Beets Baked in a Bag

A novel way to cook beets before adding to salads or serving as a side

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Beets Baked in a Bag

Why it works: Thyme and beetroot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 171 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Beets Baked in a Bag

Serves 4

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

109Calories
0 gProtein
12 gFat
1 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
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. Thyme + beetroottop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together171 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Beetroot + vinegartop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,630 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Thyme + vinegartop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,305 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Thyme + buttertop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,758 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Butter + vinegartop 23% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together13,513 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, pear).

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

Swap the beetroot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (thyme, butter, vinegar):

  1. Shallotfits better
  2. Mustardfits better
  3. Leekfits better
  4. Beetrootthe original

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