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Lydia's Cranberry Salad

"This was always a special treat during the holidays. When it came out I knew it was Christmas! It's good for breakfast the next day--or any time until it's gone."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Lydia's Cranberry Salad

Why it works: Grape and pecans work together. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 552 recipes. Both carry alpha-pinene, which smells pine, turpentine. The science ↓

Lydia's Cranberry Salad

6 to 8 servings

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

307Calories
3 gProtein
21 gFat
32 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 5 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pecans1 oz (28g / ~19 halves)196
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Marshmallownot in our table0
Toppingnot 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. Grape + pecanstop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together552 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  2. Sugar + grapetop 23% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together7,490 recipes

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

  3. Sugar + pecanstop 26% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together2,962 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

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

Swap the pecans

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

  1. Almondfits better
  2. Walnutfits better
  3. Chestnutfits better
  4. Pecansthe original

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