Name: Courgette Rice with Feta & Olives
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 100g feta cheese , crumbled; handful of pitted black olives , roughly chopped; 3 tbsp flat leaf parsley , roughly chopped; 4 tbsp olive oil; 1 large onion , finely chopped; 3 courgettes , roughly sliced; 250g risotto rice , such as arborio; 1l hot vegetable stock; 140g petits pois

Why it works: Olive and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,649 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Courgette Rice with Feta & Olives

Serves 4

Ingredients

100g feta cheese , crumbled
handful of pitted black olives , roughly chopped
3 tbsp flat leaf parsley , roughly chopped
4 tbsp olive oil
1 large onion , finely chopped
3 courgettes , roughly sliced
250g risotto rice , such as arborio
1l hot vegetable stock
140g petits pois

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

487Calories

13 gProtein

24 gFat

56 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Rice	1 cup cooked (158g) white	206
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Feta Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Olive	1 large (4g)	4
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1

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.

Olive + parsleytop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together9,649 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Feta cheese + olivetop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,482 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).
Olive + ricetop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together4,994 recipes

Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).
Olive + oniontop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together29,779 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Parsley + oniontop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together25,843 recipes

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

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

Swap the parsley

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (feta cheese, olive, onion, rice):

Garlicfits better
Oreganofits better
Cuminfits better
Parsleythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against feta cheese, olive, onion, rice. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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