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Frisée and Apple Salad with Herb-Crusted Goat Cheese Medallions

This classic vinaigrette pairs beautifully with the bitterness of the frisée, the sweetness of the apples and the tanginess of the goat cheese. If you can’t find frisée, mesclun mix is a great alternative.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Frisée and Apple Salad with Herb-Crusted Goat Cheese Medallions

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 ↓

Frisée and Apple Salad with Herb-Crusted Goat Cheese Medallions

Serves 4.

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

533Calories
18 gProtein
32 gFat
50 gCarbs

Counts 14 of 15 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 14 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Goat Cheese1 oz (28g)103
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Bread1 slice (30g) white79
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Chives1 tbsp (3g)1
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
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. Shallot + mustardtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together859 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Shallot + lemontop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,523 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Shallot + walnuttop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together440 recipes

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

  4. Mustard + vinegartop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,067 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Mustard + walnuttop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together849 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (goat cheese, shallot, mustard, champagne, vinegar, walnut, canola oil):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Cherryfits about as well
  3. Lemonthe original
  4. Limefits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against goat cheese, shallot, mustard, champagne, vinegar, walnut, canola oil. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.