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Antipasto Platter

"This is a layered antipasto, so you can cut it in square slices neatly and have all the ingredients. This is a beautiful dish that's always a hit! It will make the vegetarians jealous. Add the veggies to your liking. Serve with fresh Italian bread. Enjoy!"

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Antipasto Platter

Why it works: Garlic and oregano are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,756 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Antipasto Platter

1 party platter
Prep45 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

999Calories
91 gProtein
60 gFat
23 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 14 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Pork100g cooked242
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Provolone Cheese1 oz (28g)100
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Artichoke1 medium (128g)60
Mushrooms1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Iceberg Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Oregano1 tsp dried (1.8g)5
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Olive1 large (4g)4
Salad Dressingnot 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.

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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. Garlic + oreganotop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,756 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Lettuce + oreganotop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together145 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  3. Lettuce + garlictop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,078 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Provolone cheese + salamitop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together59 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl butyrate (apple, fruity).

  5. Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together32 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

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

Swap the lettuce

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (garlic, oregano, ham, provolone cheese, salami, prosciutto, beef):

  1. Tomatofits better
  2. Onionfits better
  3. Spinachfits better
  4. Lettucethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against garlic, oregano, ham, provolone cheese, salami, prosciutto, beef. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.