Name: Radish Confetti with Salsa Verde
Prep time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 2 bunches radishes (about 400g, with a few leaves if you have them); 2 anchovies in oil, drained; large handful parsley; small handful mint leaves; 1 tbsp capers; 3 tbsp good-quality olive oil , plus extra for drizzling; 1 tsp Dijon mustard; 1 tbsp red wine vinegar

Why it works: Capers and mustard match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 624 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Radish Confetti with Salsa Verde

Serves 4

Prep30 min

Ingredients

2 bunches radishes (about 400g, with a few leaves if you have them)
2 anchovies in oil, drained
large handful parsley
small handful mint leaves
1 tbsp capers
3 tbsp good-quality olive oil , plus extra for drizzling
1 tsp Dijon mustard
1 tbsp red wine vinegar

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

128Calories

0 gProtein

14 gFat

1 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Mustard	1 tsp (5g) yellow	3
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Capers	1 tbsp (9g) drained	2
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
Peppermint	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 bbcgoodfood. 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.

Capers + mustardtop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together624 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Parsley + caperstop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,550 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Radish + mustardtop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together297 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Capers + olivetop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,688 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Radish + caperstop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together11 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the mint

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (radish, parsley, capers, olive, mustard, red wine, vinegar):

Tarragonfits better
Thymefits better
Garlicfits better
Mintthe original

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

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