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Roasted Butternut Squash Salad with Warm Cider Vinaigrette

By browneyedbaker · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Roasted Butternut Squash Salad with Warm Cider Vinaigrette

Why it works: Butternut squash 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 29 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Roasted Butternut Squash Salad with Warm Cider Vinaigrette

4 servings (entree salad) or 6 to 8 servings (side salad)
Prep15 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

620Calories
14 gProtein
25 gFat
93 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 14 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Apple Cider1 medium (182g)95
Apple Juice1 medium (182g)95
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Arugula1 cup (20g)5
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pumpkinnot 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 browneyedbaker. 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. Butternut squash + shallottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Apple + cidertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,238 recipes

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

  3. Butternut squash + olivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together689 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Olive + shallottop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,659 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Butternut squash + appletop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together74 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the apple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butternut squash, olive, maple syrup, pepper, cider, apple cider vinegar, shallot):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Cherryfits about as well
  3. Avocadofits about as well
  4. Applethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butternut squash, olive, maple syrup, pepper, cider, apple cider vinegar, shallot. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.