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Brussels Sprouts Caesar Salad with Crispy Pancetta

Shredded raw Brussels sprouts give great crunch to this fun twist on the classic Caesar salad!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Why it works: Brussels sprouts and garlic work together. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and 25 recipes mention both. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 6
Prep20 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

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

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

  1. Brussels sprouts + garlictop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together25 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Olive + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together23,449 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Parmesan cheese + olivetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,076 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  4. Olive + breadtop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together999 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  5. Bread + eggtop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together22,584 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (brussels sprouts, parmesan cheese, olive, garlic, bread, egg, sauce):

  1. Parsleybetter flavor fit
  2. Pepperbetter flavor fit
  3. Basilbetter flavor fit
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against brussels sprouts, parmesan cheese, olive, garlic, bread, egg, sauce. 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).