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Ham Salad for Two

"A delicious blend of ham strips and fresh crunchy celery sweetened with sweet pickle. Suitable enough for a meal in itself or with other salads. Can be served on a bed of lettuce with sliced cucumber and tomatoes."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Ham Salad for Two

Why it works: Celery and mustard are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,169 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

Ham Salad for Two

2 servings
Prep20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

742Calories
58 gProtein
30 gFat
61 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Pork100g cooked242
Pineapple1 cup chunks (165g)82
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Red Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salad Dressingnot 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. Celery + mustardtop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,169 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  2. Mustard + dilltop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together560 recipes

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

  3. Celery + dilltop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together382 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  4. Pepper + dilltop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,630 recipes

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

  5. Celery + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together16,012 recipes

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

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

Swap the pineapple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (ham, celery, onion, pepper, honey, mustard, dill):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Lemonfits better
  3. Avocadofits better
  4. Pineapplethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against ham, celery, onion, pepper, honey, mustard, dill. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.