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Fall Farmers Market Salad

By whatsgabycooking · From Open Recipes · 17 ingredients
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Why it works: Pomegranate and persimmon share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 8 recipes. Both carry nonanal, which smells fat, citrus. The science ↓

Fall Farmers Market Salad

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

661Calories
20 gProtein
33 gFat
78 gCarbs

Counts 17 of 20 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 17 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Goat Cheese1 oz (28g)103
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Bread1 slice (30g) white79
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Pomegranate1/2 cup seeds (87g)72
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Arugula1 cup (20g)5
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Radicchionot in our table0
Persimmonnot in our table0
Waternot 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 whatsgabycooking. 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. Pomegranate + persimmontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together8 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  2. Lettuce + pomegranatetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together35 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  3. Pomegranate + walnuttop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together71 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  4. Lettuce + walnuttop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together491 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  5. Persimmon + walnuttop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together24 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-hexenal (green, leafy).

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

Swap the arugula

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lettuce, pomegranate, persimmon, apple, sugar, walnut, goat cheese):

  1. Beetrootfits better
  2. Sweet potatofits better
  3. Kalefits better
  4. Arugulathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against lettuce, pomegranate, persimmon, apple, sugar, walnut, goat cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.