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Endive Salad with Persimmon and Pomegranate

There are two main types of persimmon, Fuyu and Hachiya. For this salad, use the sweeter Fuyus, which are still firm when ripe and can be cut very thinly. Hachiyas must be quite soft before they can be eaten, making them difficult to slice. Any salty or tangy cheese will be excellent in this salad; try using fresh goat cheese or ricotta salata in place of the feta.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Endive Salad with Persimmon and Pomegranate

Why it works: Pomegranate and pistachio share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 47 recipes. Both carry alpha-pinene, which smells pine, turpentine. The science ↓

Endive Salad with Persimmon and Pomegranate

Serves 4.

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

485Calories
15 gProtein
37 gFat
30 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 12 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pistachio1 oz (28g / ~49 kernels)159
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Pomegranate1/2 cup seeds (87g)72
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Chives1 tbsp (3g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Endivenot in our table0
Persimmonnot in our table0
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. Pomegranate + pistachiotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together47 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  2. Endive + chivetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together61 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  3. Pomegranate + persimmontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together8 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  4. Endive + pomegranatetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  5. Pistachio + nutstop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together425 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

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

Swap the chive

The recipe marks chive as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (endive, pomegranate, persimmon, feta cheese, olive, pistachio, nuts):

  1. Lettucefits better
  2. Spinachfits better
  3. Kalefits better
  4. Chivethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against endive, pomegranate, persimmon, feta cheese, olive, pistachio, nuts. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.