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Green with Envy Salad Dressing

"Thick and creamy salad dressing. Just in time to stay on track with summer salads and bathing suit body."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Cumin and cinnamon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and 1,103 recipes mention both. Both carry 4-methoxybenzaldehyde, which smells sweet, anise. The science ↓

The recipe

2 cups
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk (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. In a medium bowl, whisk together the applesauce, Dijon mustard, mayonnaise and sour cream until smooth, about 3 minutes.

  2. Whisk in the dried basil, red pepper flakes, ground cumin, salt and ground cinnamon until evenly combined, about 2 minutes.

  3. Stir in the chopped fresh parsley and grated Parmesan cheese until spread throughout the dressing, about 2 minutes.

  4. Taste and adjust the seasoning, then transfer the dressing to a jar or airtight container, about 1 minute.

  5. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes before serving so the flavors blend.

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. Cumin + cinnamontop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,103 recipes

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

  2. Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together34,118 recipes

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

  3. Basil + parsleytop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,351 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  4. Basil + peppertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together5,292 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  5. Cumin + parsleytop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together821 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the mustard

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (basil, pepper, cumin, cream, parsley, parmesan cheese, cinnamon):

  1. Carrotbetter flavor fit
  2. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  3. Tomatobetter flavor fit
  4. Mustardthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against basil, pepper, cumin, cream, parsley, parmesan cheese, cinnamon. 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).