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Asparagus and Red Pepper with Balsamic Vinegar

"A bright and flavorful vegetable dish that even vegetable haters will enjoy. It goes great with roasted meats. For milder flavors, substitute mozzarella cheese and use less vinegar."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Asparagus and Red Pepper with Balsamic Vinegar

Why it works: Asparagus and sesame share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 73 recipes. Both carry trans-2-nonenal, which smells cardboard, fatty. The science ↓

Asparagus and Red Pepper with Balsamic Vinegar

2 servings
Prep10 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

773Calories
20 gProtein
68 gFat
26 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pine1 oz (28g)191
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Asparagus6 spears (90g)27
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
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 allrecipes. 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. Asparagus + sesametop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together73 recipes

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

  2. Onion + sesametop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,192 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  3. Olive + sesametop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,111 recipes

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

  4. Olive + asparagustop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,096 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  5. Olive + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together29,779 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 sesame

The recipe marks sesame as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, olive, asparagus, onion, pepper, vinegar, parmesan cheese):

  1. Beansfits about as well
  2. Sesamethe original
  3. Peasfits less well
  4. Peanutfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, olive, asparagus, onion, pepper, vinegar, parmesan cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.