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Fig Carpaccio with Lemon and Honey Frisee Salad and Candied Walnuts

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By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Fig Carpaccio with Lemon and Honey Frisee Salad and Candied Walnuts

Why it works: Shallot and mustard match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 859 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Fig Carpaccio with Lemon and Honey Frisee Salad and Candied Walnuts

Serves 2

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

674Calories
40 gProtein
38 gFat
48 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Fig1 medium (50g)37
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By tastykitchen. 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. Shallot + mustardtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together859 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Walnut + figtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together373 recipes

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

  3. Honey + figtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together228 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  4. Lemon + shallottop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,523 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Walnut + shallottop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together440 recipes

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

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

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (walnut, sugar, shallot, mustard, honey, olive, fig):

  1. Cherryfits better
  2. Pearfits better
  3. Vanillafits about as well
  4. Lemonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against walnut, sugar, shallot, mustard, honey, olive, fig. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.