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Asparagus Ribbon Salad

A fabulous lunch option or side dish.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Asparagus Ribbon Salad

Why it works: Pepper and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 27,047 recipes. Both carry trans-2-nonenal, which smells cardboard, fatty. The science ↓

Asparagus Ribbon Salad

Serves 2
Prep7 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

786Calories
30 gProtein
67 gFat
28 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pine Nut1 oz (28g)191
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Cashew1 oz (28g / ~18 nuts)157
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Asparagus6 spears (90g)27
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
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. Pepper + lemontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  2. Lemon + pinetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together480 recipes

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

  3. Olive + pinetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,062 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Asparagus + lemontop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together704 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  5. Asparagus + olivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,096 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

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

Swap the asparagus

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, vinegar, pepper, lemon, parmesan cheese, pine):

  1. Spinachfits better
  2. Capsicumfits better
  3. Tomatofits better
  4. Asparagusthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, vinegar, pepper, lemon, parmesan cheese, pine. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.