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Baked Red Onions in Balsamic

You can bake this simple roasted onion side dish ahead, giving you plenty of time to fill up on festive cheer with your guests

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Baked Red Onions in Balsamic

Why it works: Onion and pine work together. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 587 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

Baked Red Onions in Balsamic

Serves 6
Prep5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

331Calories
6 gProtein
20 gFat
37 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pine Nut1 oz (28g)191
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Red Onion1 medium (110g)44
Onion1 medium (110g)44
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.

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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. Onion + pinetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together587 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  2. Vinegar + oniontop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,226 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  3. Pine + nutstop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

  4. Vinegar + sugartop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,806 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  5. Onion + nutstop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together114 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

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

Swap the nuts

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

  1. Sesamefits better
  2. Chestnutfits better
  3. Cashew nutfits better
  4. Nutsthe original

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