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Three-tomato Salad

A salad of sliced medium tomatoes, halved plum tomatoes, and yellow cherry tomatoes tossed with lime juice, orange juice, honey, and chives.

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Why it works: Lime and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,491 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Three-tomato Salad

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Cut medium-sized tomatoes into 1/4 inch thick slices.

  2. Cut each plum tomato and yellow cherry tomato in half.

  3. Chop enough chives to measure 1 tablespoon; reserve remaining chives for garnish.

Make the dressing

  1. Squeeze juice from lime into a small bowl; stir in chopped chives, orange juice, honey and salt.

Assemble and serve

  1. Arrange sliced tomatoes around rim of platter.

  2. Pile plum tomatoes and yellow cherry tomatoes in center of platter.

  3. Drizzle salad with dressing; sprinkle with pepper.

  4. Garnish with lime slices and reserved chives.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

283Calories
5 gProtein
1 gFat
72 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Plum1 medium (66g)30
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Chive1 tbsp (3g)1
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.

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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. Lime + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,491 recipes

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

  2. Lime + orangetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together937 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Chive + limetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together139 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Tomato + plumtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,480 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Cherry tomato + limetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

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

What each ingredient does

Tomatoes
Provide the fresh, juicy body and bulk of the salad.
Orange juice
Adds acidity and sweetness to the dressing, balancing the tomatoes.
Lime juice
Adds bright acidity that lifts the flavour of the tomatoes and dressing.
Honey
Adds sweetness that rounds out the acidity of the citrus dressing.

Swap the cherry tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (tomato, plum, chive, lime, orange, honey, pepper):

  1. Mangofits better
  2. Avocadofits better
  3. Cherryfits better
  4. Cherry tomatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against tomato, plum, chive, lime, orange, honey, pepper. 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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