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Broccoli Crunch Recipe

A great broccoli recipe, one of my favorites! Tiny green florets, crisp apples, crunchy shallots, candied nuts and slivered red onions are tossed in a barely sweet, creamy almond vinaigrette. Add baked tofu or pan-fried tempeh and you can easily turn this side into a main course.

By 101cookbooks · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Broccoli Crunch Recipe

Why it works: Broccoli and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,072 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Broccoli Crunch Recipe

Serves 4.

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

434Calories
7 gProtein
18 gFat
70 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 13 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Chive1 tbsp (3g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot 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 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. Broccoli + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,072 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Garlic + olivetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Broccoli + almondtop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together206 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  4. Broccoli + lemontop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together809 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Almond + olivetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,875 recipes

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

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 (broccoli, garlic, almond, butter, lemon, honey, olive):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Cardamomfits better
  3. Capersfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against broccoli, garlic, almond, butter, lemon, honey, olive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.