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Fruity Crunch Salad

"A variety of fruits, nuts, spices and even candies come together in this celebration of flavors and textures nestled in a creamy strawberry yogurt dressing."

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Why it works: Cinnamon and raisin are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and 5,390 recipes mention both. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

The recipe

8 servings
Prep15 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk, tree nuts (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Toast the chopped almonds and cashews in a dry skillet over medium heat, stirring often, for 3 to 4 minutes until fragrant and lightly golden. Let them cool.

  2. In a large bowl, stir the strawberry yogurt, honey and ground cinnamon until smooth and evenly combined.

  3. Peel and section the oranges, cut the sections into bite-size pieces, and fold them into the yogurt mixture along with any juice from cutting.

  4. Add the sliced bananas, chopped pears and chopped grapefruit, and gently fold until the fruit is coated.

  5. Fold in the raisins and most of the toasted nuts.

  6. Refrigerate the salad for about 30 minutes so it chills and the flavors meld.

  7. Just before serving, sprinkle the candy-coated milk chocolate pieces and the remaining toasted nuts over the top.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Cinnamon + raisintop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together5,390 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  2. Cinnamon + almondtop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,514 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Almond + raisintop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,781 recipes

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

  4. Strawberry + honeytop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together354 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  5. Yogurt + honeytop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together659 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the raisin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (strawberry, yogurt, honey, cinnamon, almond, milk, chocolate):

  1. Vanillabetter flavor fit
  2. Figbetter flavor fit
  3. Peachbetter flavor fit
  4. Raisinthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against strawberry, yogurt, honey, cinnamon, almond, milk, chocolate. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).