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Beef Tenderloin Salad with Tomatoes and Avocado

To prepare the beef in advance, cook the meat in the sous vide immersion circulator as instructed below, then remove the bag from the circulating water and place into a large bowl of ice water for 20 minutes. Remove the bag from the ice water and refrigerate up to overnight. To reheat, preheat the water in the immersion circulator to 120°F and place the bag of beef in the water for 45 minutes. Remove the bag from the water and continue as directed.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 19 ingredients
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Beef Tenderloin Salad with Tomatoes and Avocado

Why it works: Thyme and rosemary match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,340 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-one, which smells mushroom, metallic. The science ↓

Beef Tenderloin Salad with Tomatoes and Avocado

Serves 4.

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

788Calories
33 gProtein
52 gFat
50 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 15 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Avocado1 medium (150g)240
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Rosemary1 tsp dried (1.2g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Bay Leaf1 leaf (0.6g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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. Thyme + rosemarytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,340 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  2. Shallot + thymetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,476 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Clove + thymetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,108 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  4. Garlic + olivetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Rosemary + olivetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,590 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beef, red wine, garlic, shallot, thyme, rosemary, olive):

  1. Marjoramfits better
  2. Oreganofits better
  3. Parsleyfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against beef, red wine, garlic, shallot, thyme, rosemary, olive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.