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Speedy Pear and Pecan Salad

"This sophisticated salad of fresh pears, pecans, and Italian greens tossed with Italian dressing can be made in minutes to accompany fall meals."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Pear and mozzarella cheese share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and 8 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl pentanoate, which smells yeast, fruit. The science ↓

The recipe

6 servings
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk, tree nuts (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Place the Italian-blend salad greens in a large salad bowl.

  2. Add the diced pear, pecan halves and shredded mozzarella cheese to the bowl.

  3. Pour the Italian-style salad dressing over the salad.

  4. Toss gently until the greens, pear, pecans and cheese are evenly coated, then serve right away.

By allrecipes. Recipe from Open Recipes.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Pear + mozzarella cheesetop 15% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together8 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl pentanoate (yeast, fruit).

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