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Chorizo & Cheese Fritata

A great tasting easy dish that uses up some left over store cupboard items that can be eaten hot or cold.

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Chorizo & Cheese Fritata

Why it works: Olive and mushroom are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,571 recipes. Both carry trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Chorizo & Cheese Fritata

Serves 4

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

652Calories
31 gProtein
53 gFat
16 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Gruyere Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Mushrooms1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Saladnot 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. Olive + mushroomtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,571 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  2. Olive + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together29,779 recipes

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

  3. Cheddar cheese + mushroomtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together705 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  4. Onion + mushroomtop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,626 recipes

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

  5. Onion + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together68,474 recipes

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

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 (olive, egg, cheddar cheese, cream, mushroom, pepper):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Spinachfits better
  3. Potatofits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, egg, cheddar cheese, cream, mushroom, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.