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Warm Caprese Salad

Crisp chopped lettuce, herb-roasted tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, toasted crunchy pine nuts and fresh pesto make this salad shine. You gotta try this salad.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Warm Caprese Salad

Why it works: Basil and oregano match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,390 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Warm Caprese Salad

Serves 2
Prep10 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

529Calories
14 gProtein
40 gFat
37 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pine Nut1 oz (28g)191
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Oregano1 tsp dried (1.8g)5
Romaine Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Rosemary1 tsp dried (1.2g)4
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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. Basil + oreganotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,390 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Rosemary + oreganotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together344 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Basil + pinetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together332 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  4. Rosemary + basiltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together352 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  5. Rosemary + pinetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together65 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

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

Swap the cherry tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, rosemary, garlic, basil, oregano, pepper, pine):

  1. Lemonfits better
  2. Limefits better
  3. Avocadofits better
  4. Cherry tomatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, rosemary, garlic, basil, oregano, pepper, pine. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.