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Maple-Poppy Seed Dressing

"This simple recipe was handed down to me from a very dear friend, and is great on any tossed green salad. You can add a few drops of red food coloring to make it pink if you wish."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Maple-Poppy Seed Dressing

Why it works: Red wine and vinegar work together. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 575 recipes. Both carry sotolon, which smells curry, maple. The science ↓

Maple-Poppy Seed Dressing

2 cups
Prep5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

182Calories
6 gProtein
5 gFat
27 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Poppy Seednot 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. Red wine + vinegartop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together575 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  2. Vinegar + sugartop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,806 recipes

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

  3. Maple syrup + sugartop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,252 recipes

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

  4. Maple syrup + vinegartop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together261 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  5. Vinegar + poppy seedtop 23% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together104 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-methylbutanol (malty, whiskey).

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

Swap the poppy seed

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (maple syrup, red wine, vinegar, sugar):

  1. Cinnamonfits better
  2. Clovefits better
  3. Gingerfits better
  4. Poppy seedthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against maple syrup, red wine, vinegar, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.