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French Goat's Cheese, Beetroot and Parsnip Salad Recipe

French goat's cheese log slice, roasted baby beetroot and parsnip salad from Sophie Wright

By lovefood · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Why it works: Parsnip and beetroot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 144 recipes. Both carry 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells green bell pepper, earthy. The science ↓

French Goat's Cheese, Beetroot and Parsnip Salad Recipe

4 people
Prep20 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

456Calories
9 gProtein
24 gFat
52 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 16 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Parsnip1/2 cup (78g)55
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Beetrootnot in our table0
Saladnot in our table0
Chardnot in our table0
Hazelnutnot 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.

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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. Parsnip + beetroottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together144 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  2. Beetroot + chardtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together25 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Parsnip + thymetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together270 recipes

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

  4. Olive + chardtop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together320 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Thyme + chardtop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together64 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the parsnip

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cheese, beetroot, maple syrup, thyme, olive, pepper, chard):

  1. Spinachfits better
  2. Kalefits better
  3. Lettucefits better
  4. Parsnipthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cheese, beetroot, maple syrup, thyme, olive, pepper, chard. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.