Name: Salad Dressing Without Eggs
Ingredients: two tablespoons prepared mustard; four tablespoons vinegar; two tablespoons sugar; one-half teaspoon salt; one cup sweet; 80 beth; 81 desserts pies

Why it works: Mustard and vinegar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,067 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Salad Dressing Without Eggs

Ingredients

Directions

Combine two tablespoons prepared mustard, four tablespoons vinegar, two tablespoons sugar, one-half teaspoon salt, a walnut-sized butter, and one cup sweet or sour cream.
Cook over water until thick.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

55Calories

0 gProtein

0 gFat

13 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Mustard	1 tsp (5g) yellow	3
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Pie	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By Chicago. Bethany union church. Woman's society. [from old catalog]. Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures. See the original page.

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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.

Mustard + vinegartop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together14,067 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Vinegar + sugartop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together20,806 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
Mustard + sugartop 19% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together8,424 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

What each ingredient does

Prepared mustard: Adds sharp flavor and helps keep the dressing smooth and blended.
Vinegar: Adds acidity that brightens the flavor and balances the sweetness.
Sugar: Adds sweetness that balances the sharpness of the mustard and vinegar.
Butter (in the method): Adds fat for richness and a smoother mouthfeel.
Sweet or sour cream: Adds moisture and richness, giving the dressing a creamy body.

The step that matters

Cook over water until thick. Gentle indirect heat from simmering water thickens the dressing slowly, reducing the risk of scorching or curdling the dairy that direct high heat can cause.

“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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Salad Dressing Without Eggs