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Green Goddess Dressing or Dip

Before America’s love affair with with ranch dressing, there was Green Goddess, which originated in San Francisco in 1923 at the Palace Hotel: mayo-based, packed with herbs, lemon and garlic! Traditionally, made with chervil and tarragon, I use dill, parsley and cilantro, which can be found in any supermarket. I’ve made this at the restaurant as a spread for a fried green tomato sandwich and at home as a dip for raw veggies.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Green Goddess Dressing or Dip

Why it works: Parsley and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,037 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Green Goddess Dressing or Dip

Serves 12
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

179Calories
18 gProtein
1 gFat
26 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By tastykitchen. 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. Parsley + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,037 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Parsley + dilltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together669 recipes

    Shared aroma: p-mentha-1,3,8-triene (camphor, herbal).

  3. Dill + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together976 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  4. Parsley + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,308 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  5. Parsley + clovetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,768 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (parsley, dill, garlic, cream, lemon, apple cider vinegar, sugar):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Fennelfits better
  3. Tarragonfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against parsley, dill, garlic, cream, lemon, apple cider vinegar, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.