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Butter Lettuce with Mustard Vinaigrette

Tender butter lettuce—at its flavorful best in spring—forms the basis for this simple salad, which is tossed with chopped fresh herbs and a mustard vinaigrette. Handle the leaves gently when washing them and dry well with a salad spinner or shake gently in a clean kitchen towel. To avoid crushing the leaves, tear large ones individually instead of cutting the heads.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Butter Lettuce with Mustard Vinaigrette

Why it works: Lettuce and mustard match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,356 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Butter Lettuce with Mustard Vinaigrette

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

242Calories
1 gProtein
25 gFat
4 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Tarragon1 tsp dried (0.5g)2
Chives1 tbsp (3g)1
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
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. Lettuce + mustardtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,356 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  2. Lettuce + chivetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together261 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Mustard + chivetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together587 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  4. Lettuce + olivetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,580 recipes

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

  5. Olive + chivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,633 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, lettuce, olive, red wine, vinegar, mustard, pepper):

  1. Shallotfits about as well
  2. Capsicumfits about as well
  3. Cucumberfits about as well
  4. Chivethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, lettuce, olive, red wine, vinegar, mustard, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.