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Waldorf Salad Nouveau

"A light fruit salad in the Waldorf salad style."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Waldorf Salad Nouveau

Why it works: Lettuce and watercress match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 307 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Waldorf Salad Nouveau

4 servings
Prep20 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

715Calories
30 gProtein
10 gFat
139 gCarbs

Counts 14 of 15 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 14 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pear1 medium (178g)101
Asian Pear1 medium (178g)101
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Black Raisin1 small box (28g)85
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Strawberry1 cup (152g)49
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Watercress1 cup (34g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot 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. Lettuce + watercresstop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together307 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Pear + appletop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together649 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

  3. Walnut + lettucetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together491 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  4. Walnut + watercresstop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together71 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Walnut + peartop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together190 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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

Swap the apple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (walnut, pear, lettuce, watercress, yogurt, apple cider vinegar, pepper):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Limefits better
  3. Cherryfits better
  4. Applethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against walnut, pear, lettuce, watercress, yogurt, apple cider vinegar, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.