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Balsamic Butternut, Kale and Cranberry Panzanella

This winter panzanella salad features roasted butternut squash, kale, toasted croutons, cranberries and shallots tossed in homemade balsamic vinaigrette. Recipe yields 3 to 4 meal-sized salads.

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Balsamic Butternut, Kale and Cranberry Panzanella

Why it works: Butternut squash and mustard share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 50 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Balsamic Butternut, Kale and Cranberry Panzanella

4 salads
Prep20 min
Cook40 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1173Calories
31 gProtein
50 gFat
154 gCarbs

Counts 14 of 17 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 14 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Sunflower Seed1 oz (28g) hulled165
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pumpkinnot in our table0
Seednot in our table0
Pepitanot 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 cookieandkate. 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. Butternut squash + mustardtop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together50 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Pumpkin + maple syruptop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together256 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

  3. Butternut squash + olivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together689 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Vinegar + mustardtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,067 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Olive + mustardtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,950 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the pumpkin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butternut squash, olive, pepper, bread, vinegar, maple syrup, mustard):

  1. Cherryfits better
  2. Limefits better
  3. Avocadofits better
  4. Pumpkinthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butternut squash, olive, pepper, bread, vinegar, maple syrup, mustard. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.