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New Potato and Radish Salad with Mustard-Dill Vinaigrette

Cornichons are tart, salty and full of pickled flavor. Along with the mustard, they add zip to the tender waxy potatoes and crunchy radishes and celery in this simple salad. A spoonful of crème fraîche on individual servings tempers the salad’s tanginess and adds a luxurious touch.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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New Potato and Radish Salad with Mustard-Dill Vinaigrette

Why it works: Shallot and mustard match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 859 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

New Potato and Radish Salad with Mustard-Dill Vinaigrette

Serves 6.

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

352Calories
5 gProtein
14 gFat
54 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Celery Stalks1 stalk (40g)6
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Cidernot 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 + mustardtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together859 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Dill + mustardtop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together560 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Dill + potatotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together423 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Dill + shallottop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together91 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Cider + vinegartop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,431 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-ethyl-2-methoxyphenol (smoky, clove).

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

Swap the potato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cider, vinegar, dill, shallot, mustard, sugar, olive):

  1. Horseradishfits better
  2. Cucumberfits better
  3. Beetrootfits better
  4. Potatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cider, vinegar, dill, shallot, mustard, sugar, olive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.