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Kale Salad with Sugar-Coated Cashews

"I had this at a restaurant in San Diego and fell in love. I searched the internet to try and find a recipe but could not, so I attempted it on my own and, voila! I got it! You can use walnuts or other nuts if you prefer."

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Kale Salad with Sugar-Coated Cashews

Why it works: Sugar and raisin are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 12,481 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

Kale Salad with Sugar-Coated Cashews

4 servings
Prep10 min
Cook5 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

284Calories
8 gProtein
13 gFat
39 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cashew1 oz (28g / ~18 nuts)157
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7

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. Sugar + raisintop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together12,481 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  2. Sugar + saucetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,147 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Kale + saucetop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together87 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  4. Sauce + raisintop 26% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together297 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Kale + raisintop 28% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together0 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

Swap the kale

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, sauce, raisin):

  1. Mustardfits better
  2. Shallotfits better
  3. Sweet potatofits better
  4. Kalethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, sauce, raisin. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.