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Bacon with Spinach Starter

Great for either a quick snack or side dish, using balsamic vinegar, bacon and spinach

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Spinach and bread work together. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 466 recipes. Both carry 2-undecenal, which smells sweet. The science ↓

Bacon with Spinach Starter

Serves 2

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

508Calories
17 gProtein
5 gFat
96 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3

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.

Explore the science

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. Spinach + breadtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together466 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  2. Spinach + vinegartop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together866 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Vinegar + breadtop 25% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,672 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

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

Swap the spinach

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

  1. Mustardfits better
  2. Cucumberfits better
  3. Capsicumfits better
  4. Spinachthe original

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