Name: Tarragon Oil
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Yield: Makes 2/3 cup.
Ingredients: 3/4 cup / 12g tarragon leaves; 3/4 cup / 12 g flat-leaf parsley leaves; 3/4 cup / 180 ml extra virgin olive oil; fine grain sea salt

Tarragon Oil

Tarragon oil - one of my little secret weapons. Use it as a finishing oil on soups, as a component of anything bread-centric, and as a vinaigrette base. It's vibrant green with grassy anise notes, and just the sort of thing to keep on hand.

By 101cookbooks · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients

Why it works: Tarragon and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,563 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Tarragon Oil

Makes 2/3 cup.

Prep5 min

Cook5 min

Ingredients

3/4 cup / 12g tarragon leaves
3/4 cup / 12 g flat-leaf parsley leaves
3/4 cup / 180 ml extra virgin olive oil
fine grain sea salt

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

122Calories

0 gProtein

14 gFat

1 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 4 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Tarragon	1 tsp dried (0.5g)	2
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
Salt	1 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.

Tarragon + parsleytop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,563 recipes

Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
Parsley + olivetop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together9,649 recipes

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

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

Thymefits better
Capersfits better
Basilfits better
Tarragonthe original

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

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