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Cabbage with Caraway

A simple cabbage side dish, packed with goodness and low-fat to boot!

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Cabbage with Caraway

Why it works: Cabbage and caraway work together. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 60 recipes. Both carry alpha-pinene, which smells pine, turpentine. The science ↓

Cabbage with Caraway

Serves 4
Prep10 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

185Calories
2 gProtein
14 gFat
15 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 4 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Savoy Cabbage1 cup shredded (89g)22
Caraway Seednot 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. Cabbage + carawaytop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together60 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  2. Cabbage + oniontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,001 recipes

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

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

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

  4. Onion + carawaytop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together301 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Olive + carawaytop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together226 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

Swap the caraway

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

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Thymefits better
  3. Capersfits better
  4. Carawaythe original

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