Why it works: Grape and avocado work together. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and 81 recipes mention both. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓
The recipe
2 cupsIngredients
Directions
Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.
Chop the seedless red grapes. Peel, pit and dice the avocado. Place both in a mixing bowl.
Chop the red bell pepper, yellow bell pepper, sweet onion and fresh cilantro. Add them to the bowl with the grapes and avocado.
Drizzle the lime juice over the mixture, then sprinkle in the garlic salt and ground black pepper.
Gently fold everything together with a spatula so the avocado pieces hold their shape and the salsa is evenly mixed.
Cover the bowl and refrigerate for about 15 minutes so the flavors blend. Serve chilled.
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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.
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Grape + avocadotop 12% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together81 recipes
Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
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Avocado + limetop 1% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together1,117 recipes
Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).
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Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together29,030 recipes
Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
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Pepper + limetop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together3,491 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
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Avocado + oniontop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together1,653 recipes
Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Flavor stand-ins for the onion
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (grape, avocado, pepper, lime, garlic):
- Tomatobetter flavor fit
- Capsicumbetter flavor fit
- Broccolibetter flavor fit
- Onionthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against grape, avocado, pepper, lime, garlic. 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).
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