Name: Beet and Carrot Salad with Coriander and Sesame Salt
Yield: Makes 8 servings
Ingredients: 3 1/2 tablespoons minced shallot; 3 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar; 2 tablespoons fresh orange juice; 1 tablespoon white miso (fermented soybean paste); 1 teaspoon finely grated peeled fresh ginger; 1/2 teaspoon finely grated orange peel; 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil; 1 1/2 teaspoons coriander seeds; 2 tablespoons sesame seeds; 3/4 teaspoon coarse kosher salt; 4 2-inch-diameter red beets, peeled; 1 pound carrots, peeled; Ingredient info: White miso (also known as shiro miso) is available in the refrigerated Asian foods section of some supermarkets and at a natural food stores and Japanese markets

Why it works: Ginger and coriander match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,505 recipes. Both carry trans-2-decenal, which smells waxy, orange. The science ↓

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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.

Ginger + coriandertop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,505 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).
Orange + gingertop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,833 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
Olive + coriandertop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together6,615 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).
Soybean + olivetop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together90 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).
Shallot + gingertop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together565 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (shallot, apple cider vinegar, orange, miso, ginger, olive, coriander):

Sesamefits better
Chickpeafits better
Beansfits better
Soybeanthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against shallot, apple cider vinegar, orange, miso, ginger, olive, coriander. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Sesame	1 tbsp (14g)	120
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Orange Juice	1 medium (131g)	62
Orange	1 medium (131g)	62
Beet	1/2 cup (85g)	35
Miso	1 tbsp (18g)	34
Carrot	1 medium (61g)	25
Shallot	1 tbsp minced (10g)	7
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Ginger	1 tsp grated fresh (2g)	2
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Soybean	not in our table	0
Coriander	not in our table	0
Seed	not in our table	0

Beet and Carrot Salad with Coriander and Sesame Salt