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Fruit Mix Salad

"This is a light summer fruit recipe."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Fruit Mix Salad

Why it works: Orange and grape are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,771 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Fruit Mix Salad

4 1/2 cups
Prep15 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

365Calories
5 gProtein
4 gFat
88 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Date1 date (24g) medjool66
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Red Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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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. Orange + grapetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,771 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  2. Grape + walnuttop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,427 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-hexanal (fruit).

  3. Dates + walnuttop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together302 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Orange + datestop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together151 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

  5. Orange + walnuttop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,058 recipes

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

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 (orange, grape, dates, walnut):

  1. Figfits better
  2. Cranberryfits better
  3. Vanillafits better
  4. Raisinthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against orange, grape, dates, walnut. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.