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Mozzarella, Cherries and Prosciutto with Basil and Mint Recipe

A fresh salad combining cherries, prosciutto, basil, borage flowers and mozzarella.

By lovefood · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Why it works: Prosciutto and basil work together. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and 134 recipes mention both. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

The recipe

4 people
Prep20 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

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By lovefood. 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Prosciutto + basiltop 14% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together134 recipes

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

  2. Basil + peppertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together5,292 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  3. Basil + olivetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,868 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  4. Basil + minttop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together393 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Mint + peppertop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,372 recipes

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

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

Flavor stand-ins for the borage

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (buffalo, prosciutto, basil, mint, olive, pepper):

  1. Thymebetter flavor fit
  2. Oreganobetter flavor fit
  3. Rosemarybetter flavor fit
  4. Boragethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against buffalo, prosciutto, basil, mint, olive, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).