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Herb Salad with Feta, Roasted Red Peppers, and Toasted Nuts

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Herb Salad with Feta, Roasted Red Peppers, and Toasted Nuts

Why it works: Red wine and vinegar work together. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 575 recipes. Both carry sotolon, which smells curry, maple. The science ↓

Herb Salad with Feta, Roasted Red Peppers, and Toasted Nuts

Makes 6 servings

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

287Calories
8 gProtein
28 gFat
3 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Pecan1 half (4g)20
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Saladnot 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 epicurious. 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. Red wine + vinegartop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together575 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  2. Pepper + walnuttop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,039 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  3. Pepper + vinegartop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,814 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  4. Feta cheese + vinegartop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together402 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, pear).

  5. Feta cheese + red winetop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together16 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

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

Swap the walnut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pepper, feta cheese, red wine, vinegar):

  1. Beansfits better
  2. Sesamefits better
  3. Peasfits about as well
  4. Walnutthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pepper, feta cheese, red wine, vinegar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.