Name: Salade Frisée Aux Lardons
Ingredients: 1 cup cubed coarse country bread (1-inch cubes); 1 1⁄2 Tbs. extra-virgin olive oil; Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste; 3⁄4 lb. thick-cut bacon, cut into 1⁄2-inch pieces; 2 shallots, finely chopped; 5 Tbs. red wine vinegar; 1 tsp. white wine vinegar; 4 eggs; 2 heads frisée, cored and leaves torn into, 3-inch pieces

Why it works: Red wine and white wine share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and 97 recipes mention both. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

Salade Frisée Aux Lardons

Ingredients

1 cup cubed coarse country bread (1-inch cubes)
1 1⁄2 Tbs. extra-virgin olive oil
Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
3⁄4 lb. thick-cut bacon, cut into 1⁄2-inch pieces
2 shallots, finely chopped
5 Tbs. red wine vinegar
1 tsp. white wine vinegar
4 eggs
2 heads frisée, cored and leaves torn into, 3-inch pieces

Directions

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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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

Red wine + white winetop 1% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together97 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
Olive + shallottop 9% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together1,659 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Bread + olivetop 9% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together1,091 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).
Red wine + vinegartop 10% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together575 recipes

Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).
Olive + vinegartop 10% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned 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

Flavor stand-ins for the shallot

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

Tomatobetter flavor fit
Capsicumbetter flavor fit
Shallotthe original
Cucumberabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against bread, olive, pepper, red wine, vinegar, white wine, egg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).

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