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Wedge Salad

The classic iceberg wedge salad is easy to make and a definite crowd pleaser. I took inspiration from The Homesick Texan’s Family Table cookbook and made mine with hearty amount of bacon and blue cheese as well as smoked paprika in the dressing to help punch up the smokiness of the bacon. Feel free to cut back or omit the cheese if you’re not a fan but as I said before, I’m a maximalist when it comes to food. More is more in my book when it comes to this salad!

By eatthelove · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Why it works: Clove and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 17,451 recipes. Both carry ethyl octanoate, which smells fruity, wine. The science ↓

Wedge Salad

4 side salads
Prep10 min
Cook5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

518Calories
43 gProtein
26 gFat
30 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Blue Cheese1 oz (28g)100
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Iceberg Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)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 eatthelove. 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. Clove + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together17,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  2. Garlic + peppertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,090 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Clove + garlictop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,368 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. White wine + vinegartop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,776 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  5. Garlic + vinegartop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,115 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (blue cheese, buttermilk, garlic, white wine, vinegar, yogurt, pepper):

  1. Dillfits better
  2. Tarragonfits better
  3. Thymefits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against blue cheese, buttermilk, garlic, white wine, vinegar, yogurt, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.