Name: Tender Chanterelle Salad
Yield: Makes 2 to 4 servings
Ingredients: 1 pound fresh chanterelles, brushed clean and trimmed (halved or quartered if large); 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil; 2 tablespoons chopped flat-leaf parsley; 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar; 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard; 1 small shallot, thinly sliced; 1 small garlic clove, minced; Kosher salt, freshly ground black pepper; Fresh lemon juice

Why it works: Chanterelle and shallot share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 19 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Tender Chanterelle Salad

Makes 2 to 4 servings

Ingredients

1 pound fresh chanterelles, brushed clean and trimmed (halved or quartered if large)
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons chopped flat-leaf parsley
2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
1 small shallot, thinly sliced
1 small garlic clove, minced
Kosher salt, freshly ground black pepper
Fresh lemon juice

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

162Calories

2 gProtein

14 gFat

10 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Shallot	1 tbsp minced (10g)	7
Clove	1 tsp ground (2g)	7
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Mustard	1 tsp (5g) yellow	3
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Chanterelle	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By epicurious. 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.

Chanterelle + shallottop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together19 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Mustard + shallottop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together859 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Parsley + shallottop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,737 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together25,665 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Parsley + garlictop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together9,308 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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

Swap the mustard

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chanterelle, olive, parsley, white wine, vinegar, shallot, garlic):

Chivefits better
Kalefits better
Welsh onionfits better
Mustardthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chanterelle, olive, parsley, white wine, vinegar, shallot, garlic. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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