Name: Spinach Mushroom Quiche Recipe
Ingredients: For the crust:; 1/2 cup rolled oats; 3 tablespoons sesame seeds; 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour or whole spelt flour; 1/2 teaspoon baking powder; 3/4 teaspoon sea salt; 1/2 teaspoon freshly milled black pepper; 1/3 cup unflavored soy milk or water; 1/3 cup light sesame oil or pure olive oil plus more for brushing the pan; For the filling:; 7 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil; 1 cup finely diced onion; 10 ounces white button mushrooms, thinly sliced; 2 tablespoons dry white wine or water; 1 1/2 teaspoons coarse sea salt; 3 garlic cloves, slice crosswise into 1/8-inch rounds; 10 to 12 fresh basil leaves, chopped; 1/2 teaspoon finely chopped fresh thyme leaves; Pinch hot red pepper flakes; 1 pound firm tofu, rinsed and patted dry; 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice; 1 tablespoon rice vinegar; 2 pounds fresh spinach; Paprika for dusting

Why it works: Sesame and onion match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,192 recipes. Both carry gamma-nonanolactone, which smells coconut, sweet. The science ↓

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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.

Sesame + oniontop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,192 recipes

Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).
Sesame + olivetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,111 recipes

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

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,100 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).
Sesame + wheattop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together86 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Oats + wheattop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together473 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-octenal (fatty, green).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (oats, sesame, wheat, pepper, soy milk, olive, mushroom):

Spinachfits better
Capsicumfits better
Asparagusfits better
Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against oats, sesame, wheat, pepper, soy milk, olive, mushroom. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Oat	1/2 cup dry (40g)	154
Soy Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Sesame	1 tbsp (14g)	120
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Tofu	100g firm	76
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Wine	2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)	25
Mushroom	1/2 cup sliced (35g)	15
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Spinach	1 cup raw (30g)	7
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Thyme	1 tsp dried (1.4g)	4
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Basil	5 leaves fresh (2.5g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Wheat	not in our table	0
Pastry	not in our table	0
Spelt	not in our table	0
Water	not in our table	0

Spinach Mushroom Quiche Recipe