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Baked Peas with Tarragon, Yogurt, and Pistachios

Creamy tarragon spiked yogurt pistachio sauce combined with sweet green peas.

By 101cookbooks · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Baked Peas with Tarragon, Yogurt, and Pistachios

Why it works: Olive and pistachio match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 299 recipes. Both carry alpha-pinene, which smells pine, turpentine. The science ↓

Baked Peas with Tarragon, Yogurt, and Pistachios

Serves 4 or 5.

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

486Calories
28 gProtein
28 gFat
35 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pistachio1 oz (28g / ~49 kernels)159
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Pea1/2 cup (72g)62
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tarragon1 tsp dried (0.5g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)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.

  1. Olive + pistachiotop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together299 recipes

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

  2. Tarragon + pistachiotop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together15 recipes

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

  3. Olive + yogurttop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,920 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

  4. Peas + olivetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,066 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-hex-3-en-1-ol (freshly cut grass green and herbaceous notes).

  5. Tarragon + olivetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,323 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the peas

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (tarragon, olive, yogurt, pistachio):

  1. Chickpeafits better
  2. Almondfits better
  3. Cashew nutfits better
  4. Peasthe original

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