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Waldorf Salad

A salad of apple pieces, walnuts, mayonnaise sauce, milk cream, and salad leaves, served chilled.

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Waldorf Salad

Why it works: Walnut and mustard match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 849 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Waldorf Salad

Ingredients

Directions

Make the mayonnaise

  1. Prepare mayonnaise sauce by taking the egg yolk from the egg.

  2. Add salt, sugar, and mustard powder to the egg yolk.

  3. Pour oil drop by drop into the mixture and mix well until it becomes mayonnaise sauce.

Assemble and serve

  1. Cut apple into pieces and soak the apple pieces in water.

  2. Arrange the apple pieces on a plate.

  3. Mix mayonnaise sauce and milk cream, then pour the mixture over the apple pieces.

  4. Sprinkle walnuts on the plate.

  5. Serve chilled.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

570Calories
16 gProtein
35 gFat
51 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 11 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Saucenot in our table0
Saladnot 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.

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Explore the science

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. Walnut + mustardtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together849 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Cream + sugartop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43,450 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

  3. Sauce + creamtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,787 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  4. Apple + milktop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,104 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-heptenal (creamy, biscuit).

  5. Sauce + mustardtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,120 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

What each ingredient does

Egg
Egg yolk emulsifies with oil to form the mayonnaise base.
Salad oil
Oil forms the fat phase of the mayonnaise, giving it richness and body.
Mayonnaise sauce
Coats the apple pieces, adding creaminess and moisture to the salad.
Milk cream
Mixed into the mayonnaise to make the dressing lighter and smoother.
Walnuts
Add crunch and a nutty flavour that contrasts with the soft apple.
Apple
Provides crisp texture and fresh sweetness as the salad's base.

The step that matters

Pour oil drop by drop into the mixture and mix well. Adding oil slowly lets the egg yolk emulsify it into tiny droplets. Pouring too fast can break the emulsion so the mayonnaise separates and turns runny.

Swap the apple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sauce, milk, cream, walnut, mustard, egg, sugar):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Coconutfits better
  3. Figfits better
  4. Applethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sauce, milk, cream, walnut, mustard, egg, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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