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Ham and Swiss Salad with Red Currants

"The sweetness of the ham is a nice complement to the tartness of the currants. I couldn't find one recipe that used fresh red currants that wasn't a jam or dessert so I made this one up."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Ham and Swiss Salad with Red Currants

Why it works: Lettuce and shallot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 157 recipes. Both carry nonanal, which smells fat, citrus. The science ↓

Ham and Swiss Salad with Red Currants

6 servings
Prep30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

658Calories
40 gProtein
36 gFat
47 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 14 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Swiss Cheese1 oz (28g)108
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Mushrooms1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Romaine Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Arugula1 cup (20g)5
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Red Currantnot in our table0

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

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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Lettuce + shallottop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together157 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  2. Mushroom + shallottop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,982 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  3. Mushroom + swiss cheesetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together136 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

  4. Lettuce + tomatotop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,655 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  5. Mushroom + tomatotop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,719 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

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

Swap the arugula

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lettuce, mushroom, grape, tomato, shallot, red currant, swiss cheese):

  1. Spinachfits better
  2. Capsicumfits better
  3. Mustardfits better
  4. Arugulathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against lettuce, mushroom, grape, tomato, shallot, red currant, swiss cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.