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Horseradish French Dressing

A vinaigrette dressing made with olive oil, vinegar, salt, cayenne, white pepper, parsley, and horseradish.

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Why it works: Parsley and horseradish match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 562 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Horseradish French Dressing

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Combine and beat or shake thoroughly before using.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

139Calories
0 gProtein
14 gFat
3 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cayenne1 tsp (1.8g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Olive1 large (4g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Saladnot in our table0
Horseradishnot 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.

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. Parsley + horseradishtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together562 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Olive + parsleytop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,649 recipes

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

  3. Olive + vinegartop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together12,297 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

  4. Olive + horseradishtop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together475 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Vinegar + horseradishtop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,609 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

What each ingredient does

Olive or salad oil
Forms the fat base of the dressing and carries its flavors and body.
Vinegar
Adds the sharp acidity that balances the rich oil.
Horseradish
Adds a sharp, pungent heat and aroma.

The step that matters

Beat or shake thoroughly before using. Oil and vinegar naturally separate. Vigorous beating or shaking breaks the oil into tiny droplets dispersed in the vinegar, so the dressing looks uniform and coats greens evenly. It separates again on standing, so shake before each use.

Swap the white pepper

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, vinegar, parsley, horseradish):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Tarragonfits better
  3. Dillfits better
  4. White pepperthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, vinegar, parsley, horseradish. 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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