Name: Green Olive Gnocchi Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Ingredients: 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped; 1 large yellow onion, finely chopped; 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil or clarified butter; scant 3/4 cup / 180 ml vegetable broth; 1/3 cup / 80 ml heavy cream; 1 2/3 cup / 200 g green olives, pitted and chopped; fresh lemon juice; 1 pound store-bought gnocchi, either fresh or packaged; top with: fried capers, bread crumbs, toasted almonds, and/or chives

Why it works: Garlic and onion match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Green Olive Gnocchi Recipe

Prep10 min

Cook10 min

Ingredients

3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1 large yellow onion, finely chopped
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil or clarified butter
scant 3/4 cup / 180 ml vegetable broth
1/3 cup / 80 ml heavy cream
1 2/3 cup / 200 g green olives, pitted and chopped
fresh lemon juice
1 pound store-bought gnocchi, either fresh or packaged
top with: fried capers, bread crumbs, toasted almonds, and/or chives

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

801Calories

16 gProtein

33 gFat

111 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 11 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Almond	1 almond (1.2g)	7
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Olive	1 large (4g)	4
Capers	1 tbsp (9g) drained	2
Chive	1 tbsp (3g)	1

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.

Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Garlic + olivetop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together25,665 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Olive + caperstop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,688 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Lemon + caperstop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,222 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Garlic + caperstop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together834 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (garlic, onion, olive, cream, lemon, capers):

Parsleyfits better
Thymefits better
Tarragonfits better
Clovethe original

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

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