Name: Kale and Smoked Bacon Salad with Zinfandel Vinaigrette
Yield: Makes 12 servings
Ingredients: 6 tablespoons Zinfandel vinegar or other red wine vinegar; 1/2 cup chopped shallots (about 2 large); 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard; 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil; 12 ounces smoked bacon; 2 tablespoons coarse kosher salt plus additional (for seasoning); 4 bunches kale, center stems removed, leaves torn into large pieces; Special equipment: Salad spinner

Why it works: Shallot and kale share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 42 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Kale and Smoked Bacon Salad with Zinfandel Vinaigrette

Makes 12 servings

Ingredients

6 tablespoons Zinfandel vinegar or other red wine vinegar
1/2 cup chopped shallots (about 2 large)
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
12 ounces smoked bacon
2 tablespoons coarse kosher salt plus additional (for seasoning)
4 bunches kale, center stems removed, leaves torn into large pieces
Special equipment: Salad spinner

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

219Calories

5 gProtein

17 gFat

12 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Bacon	1 slice cooked (8g)	43
Spinach	1 cup raw (30g)	7
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Mustard	1 tsp (5g) yellow	3
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Salad	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 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.

Shallot + kaletop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together42 recipes

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

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together859 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Mustard + kaletop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together98 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Olive + kaletop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together647 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Vinegar + mustardtop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together14,067 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

Swap the kale

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (vinegar, shallot, mustard, olive):

Horseradishfits better
Chivefits about as well
Lettucefits about as well
Kalethe original

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

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