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Brazilian Salad

A salad of romaine lettuce, tomatoes, onions, hearts of palm, olives, garbanzo beans, garnished with parsley and olive oil.

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Why it works: Tomato and olive are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 15,539 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Brazilian Salad

Ingredients

Directions

Assemble

  1. Line the serving platter with large lettuce leaves.

  2. Break the remaining lettuce into bite-size pieces and place over the top of the large leaves.

  3. Arrange tomato slices, overlapping down the center of the lettuce bed, tucking onion slices in between the tomatoes.

  4. Arrange sliced hearts of palm next to the tomatoes.

  5. Add rows of olives and garbanzo beans.

Garnish and serve

  1. Serve with a sprinkle of parsley and olive oil or other favorite dressing on the side.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

195Calories
3 gProtein
14 gFat
16 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 8 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Olive1 large (4g)4
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Leafnot in our table0
Beannot 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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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

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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. Tomato + olivetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,539 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  2. Tomato + beanstop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,713 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Lettuce + beanstop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together500 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  4. Lettuce + parsleytop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,483 recipes

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

  5. Olive + beanstop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,470 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

What each ingredient does

Tomatoes (in the method)
Provide juicy acidity and bright color as the centerpiece of the arrangement.
Hearts of palm
Add a firm, tender texture and mild flavor to the salad.
Garbanzo beans
Contribute firm, starchy body that makes the salad more filling.
Black olives
Add salty, briny flavor and a rich note against the mild greens.

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lettuce, tomato, olive, beans, parsley):

  1. Eggplantfits better
  2. Okrafits better
  3. Spinachfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against lettuce, tomato, olive, beans, parsley. 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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