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Escarole and Endive Salad with Gorgonzola and Walnuts

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Escarole and Endive Salad with Gorgonzola and Walnuts

Why it works: Shallot and endive share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 30 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Escarole and Endive Salad with Gorgonzola and Walnuts

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

274Calories
8 gProtein
26 gFat
4 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Endivenot 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 williamssonoma. 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. Shallot + endivetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together30 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  2. Walnut + endivetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together39 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  3. Walnut + shallottop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together440 recipes

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

  4. Walnut + olivetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,087 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  5. Olive + endivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together209 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

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

Swap the walnut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, red wine, vinegar, shallot, pepper, endive, cheese):

  1. Beansfits about as well
  2. Lentilsfits about as well
  3. Walnutthe original
  4. Chestnutfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, red wine, vinegar, shallot, pepper, endive, cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.