Name: Heather's Farro Recipe
Yield: Makes one generous, family-style platter.
Ingredients: 6 cups cooked farro*; 2 cups cooked yellow split peas**; 1 1/2 cups peas, fresh if possible boiled for 30 seconds in salted water and drained; a big splash of Citrus Parmesan Vinaigrette***; 4 handfuls of mixed salad greens; 10 spring onions, trimmed, cut in half length-wise, tossed in a bit of olive, sprinkled with a bit of salt and roasted on a baking sheet in a 350F degree oven for about 35 minutes or until browned (toss once midway); 1/4 cup goat cheese, crumbled; 1/4 cup chopped chives

Why it works: Onion and chive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,907 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Heather's Farro Recipe

Makes one generous, family-style platter.

Ingredients

6 cups cooked farro*
2 cups cooked yellow split peas**
1 1/2 cups peas, fresh if possible boiled for 30 seconds in salted water and drained
a big splash of Citrus Parmesan Vinaigrette***
4 handfuls of mixed salad greens
10 spring onions, trimmed, cut in half length-wise, tossed in a bit of olive, sprinkled with a bit of salt and roasted on a baking sheet in a 350F degree oven for about 35 minutes or until browned (toss once midway)
1/4 cup goat cheese, crumbled
1/4 cup chopped chives

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

494Calories

28 gProtein

18 gFat

57 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 11 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Farro	1/2 cup cooked (100g)	170
Parmesan Cheese	1 oz (28g)	110
Goat Cheese	1 oz (28g)	103
Pea	1/2 cup (72g)	62
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Olive	1 large (4g)	4
Chives	1 tbsp (3g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Water	not in our table	0
Citrus	not in our table	0
Salad	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By 101cookbooks. 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.

Onion + chivetop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,907 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Peas + chivetop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together227 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Onion + goat cheesetop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together291 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl butyrate (apple, fruity).
Peas + oniontop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together5,460 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Goat cheese + chivetop 17% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together70 recipes

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

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 (onion, goat cheese, chive):

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Peasthe original

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

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