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Swiss Chard with Raisins and Almonds

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Swiss Chard with Raisins and Almonds

Why it works: Garlic and chard match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 246 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Swiss Chard with Raisins and Almonds

Makes 6 to 8 servings

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

235Calories
2 gProtein
15 gFat
23 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Swiss Chardnot 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. Garlic + chardtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together246 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Olive + chardtop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together320 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Raisin + almondtop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,781 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).

  5. Chard + lemontop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together88 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the raisin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sherry, olive, almond, garlic, clove, chard, lemon):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Avocadofits better
  3. Orangefits better
  4. Raisinthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sherry, olive, almond, garlic, clove, chard, lemon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.