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Bulgar with Balsamic Roasted Vegetables & Goat’s Cheese

Sample as a side or enjoy this bulgar wheat based dish as a hearty and nutritious main

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Bulgar with Balsamic Roasted Vegetables & Goat’s Cheese

Why it works: Butternut squash and almond share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 34 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Bulgar with Balsamic Roasted Vegetables & Goat’s Cheese

Serves 2

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

336Calories
9 gProtein
24 gFat
24 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Red Onion1 medium (110g)44
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Pumpkinnot in our table0
Wheatnot 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. Butternut squash + almondtop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Olive + almondtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,875 recipes

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

  3. Olive + wheattop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,100 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  4. Wheat + almondtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together264 recipes

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

  5. Butternut squash + olivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together689 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 (butternut squash, vinegar, sugar, olive, wheat, almond, cheese):

  1. Kalefits better
  2. Sweet potatofits better
  3. Mustardfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butternut squash, vinegar, sugar, olive, wheat, almond, cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.