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Creamy Baked Leeks with Citrus Crumbs

This comforting dish is perfect served with steamed white fish

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Creamy Baked Leeks with Citrus Crumbs

Why it works: Lemon and thyme match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,973 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Creamy Baked Leeks with Citrus Crumbs

Serves 4
Prep5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

625Calories
25 gProtein
9 gFat
111 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Saucenot 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. Lemon + thymetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,973 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Leek + thymetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together360 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  3. Leek + lemontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together162 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  4. Cheese + thymetop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together555 recipes

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

  5. Cheese + saucetop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,987 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Swap the leek

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cheese, sauce, lemon, thyme):

  1. Mustardfits better
  2. Shallotfits better
  3. Tomatofits better
  4. Leekthe original

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