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Roasted Winter Vegetable Baklava

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Roasted Winter Vegetable Baklava

Why it works: Parsnip and carrot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,097 recipes. Both carry 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells green bell pepper, earthy. The science ↓

Roasted Winter Vegetable Baklava

Makes 6 servings

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

916Calories
22 gProtein
18 gFat
169 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Parsnip1/2 cup (78g)55
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Fennel Bulb1/2 bulb (87g)27
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
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 epicurious. 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. Parsnip + carrottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,097 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  2. Fennel + parsniptop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together33 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  3. Fennel + carrottop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together330 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  4. Potato + oniontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,023 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  5. Potato + carrottop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,107 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

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

Swap the walnut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (bread, potato, fennel, parsnip, carrot, onion, olive):

  1. Chickpeafits better
  2. Beansfits better
  3. Lentilsfits better
  4. Walnutthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against bread, potato, fennel, parsnip, carrot, onion, olive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.