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Farro Salad with Asparagus and Parmesan

"A light and delicious way to get your whole grains. Perfect salad for picnics, baby or bridal showers or just because!"

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Farro Salad with Asparagus and Parmesan

Why it works: Asparagus and chive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 165 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

Farro Salad with Asparagus and Parmesan

12 servings
Prep20 min
Cook55 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

506Calories
23 gProtein
12 gFat
84 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Farro1/2 cup cooked (100g)170
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Asparagus6 spears (90g)27
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Chives1 tbsp (3g)1

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 + chivetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together165 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  2. Parsley + chivetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,150 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Walnut + parsleytop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together865 recipes

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

  4. Asparagus + parsleytop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together566 recipes

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

  5. Walnut + chivetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together119 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 cherry tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (asparagus, walnut, parsley, chive, parmesan cheese):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Lemonfits better
  3. Limefits better
  4. Cherry tomatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against asparagus, walnut, parsley, chive, parmesan cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.