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Fennel and Mandarin Salad

"This is a refreshing change from your usual lettuce salads. Fennel is excellent for your digestion too!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Mandarin orange and vinegar work together. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and 50 recipes mention both. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

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2 servings
Prep10 min

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Mandarin orange + vinegartop 12% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together50 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  2. Mandarin orange + peppertop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together49 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  3. Fennel + peppertop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,216 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  4. Fennel + mandarin orangetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4 recipes

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

  5. Fennel + white winetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together290 recipes

    Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).

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