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Grilled Polenta with Fennel Salad

For this recipe, polenta is cooked, spread in a pan to cool and firm up, and then cut into triangles and grilled. The cornmeal becomes a crisp, golden counterpoint to a cool and crunchy fennel salad. You can also use the grilled polenta triangles as a base for savory toppings, such as sautéed mushrooms or melted Gorgonzola cheese.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Grilled Polenta with Fennel Salad

Why it works: Olive and fennel match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,344 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Grilled Polenta with Fennel Salad

Serves 8.

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

252Calories
2 gProtein
14 gFat
31 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Fennel Bulb1/2 bulb (87g)27
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Olive1 large (4g)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 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. Olive + fenneltop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,344 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Pepper + fenneltop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,216 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  3. Olive + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together29,779 recipes

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

  4. Red wine + vinegartop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together575 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  5. Olive + vinegartop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together12,297 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

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

Swap the onion

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

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Tomatofits better
  3. Mustardfits better
  4. Onionthe original

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