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Beet and Watercress Salad with Fresh Mozzarella

For a delicious variation on this salad, check your local cheese shop or specialty foods market for burrata, a fresh mozzarella cheese filled with cream and fresh cheese curd. Its meltingly tender, creamy texture is delicious with the sweet beets and bitter watercress in this salad. Use two colors of beets if you like, or even striped Chioggia beets, if they are available.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Beet and Watercress Salad with Fresh Mozzarella

Why it works: Olive and mozzarella cheese are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,773 recipes. Both carry methyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells apple, fatty. The science ↓

Beet and Watercress Salad with Fresh Mozzarella

Serves 4.

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

376Calories
11 gProtein
20 gFat
41 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
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Orange Juice1 medium (131g)62
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Beet1/2 cup (85g)35
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Watercress1 cup (34g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Champagnenot 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 + mozzarella cheesetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,773 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

  2. Olive + orangetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,456 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  3. Olive + watercresstop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together684 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Orange + watercresstop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together98 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Watercress + peppertop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together983 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, champagne, vinegar, watercress, mozzarella cheese, pepper):

  1. Lemonfits better
  2. Limefits better
  3. Avocadofits better
  4. Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, champagne, vinegar, watercress, mozzarella cheese, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.