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Crostini with Pea Purée, Rocket & Broad Beans

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By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Crostini with Pea Purée, Rocket & Broad Beans

Why it works: Peas and mint are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,137 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Crostini with Pea Purée, Rocket & Broad Beans

Serves 6
Prep20 min
Cook5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

500Calories
28 gProtein
35 gFat
18 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 8 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Pea1/2 cup (72g)62
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Broad Beannot in our table0
Peppermintnot 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. Peas + minttop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,137 recipes

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

  2. Beans + peastop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together949 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  3. Beans + radishtop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together67 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

  4. Mint + dilltop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together177 recipes

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

  5. Beans + dilltop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together90 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 radish

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beans, peas, butter, yogurt, mint, dill, cheese):

  1. Cucumberfits better
  2. Potatofits better
  3. Tomatofits better
  4. Radishthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against beans, peas, butter, yogurt, mint, dill, cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.