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Miso Sesame Winter Squash

Inspired by a recipe in Bryant Terry's new cookbook, The Inspired Vegan. Roasted winter squash (and tofu) with a miso, maple, sesame, citrus sauce.

By 101cookbooks · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Miso Sesame Winter Squash

Why it works: Miso and tofu share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 75 recipes. Both carry acetic acid, which smells sour, vinegar. The science ↓

Miso Sesame Winter Squash

Prep10 min
Cook70 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

548Calories
13 gProtein
33 gFat
55 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 16 ingredients. The other 5 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Tofu100g firm76
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Molasses1 tbsp (20g)58
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Miso1 tbsp (18g)34
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Arugula1 cup (20g)5
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Pumpkinnot in our table0
Waternot in our table0
Toppingnot in our table0
Toasted Sesame Seednot in our table0
Flowernot 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. Miso + tofutop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together75 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  2. Sesame + tofutop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together250 recipes

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

  3. Sesame + misotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together121 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  4. Orange + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10,634 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  5. Sesame + lemontop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together473 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

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

Swap the arugula

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sesame, molasses, maple syrup, miso, orange, lemon, tofu):

  1. Welsh onionfits better
  2. Sweet potatofits better
  3. Spinachfits better
  4. Arugulathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sesame, molasses, maple syrup, miso, orange, lemon, tofu. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.