Name: Endive Salad
Ingredients: one tablespoonful of olive oil; a piece of roquefort cheese the size of an english walnut in a bowl; a small cupful of french dressing; 74 salads; cheese the size of an english walnut in a bowl

Why it works: Roquefort cheese and cheese share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 21 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Endive Salad

Ingredients

one tablespoonful of olive oil
a piece of roquefort cheese the size of an english walnut in a bowl
a small cupful of french dressing
74 salads
cheese the size of an english walnut in a bowl

Directions

Mix equal parts of crisp lettuce and endive. Put a piece of Roquefort cheese the size of an English walnut in a bowl; mash it and rub it smooth with one tablespoonful of olive oil. Beat this into a small cupful of French dressing, and add to it a teaspoon- ful of Worcestershire sauce. Dress the lettuce and endive with it, and put on ice until ready to serve.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

371Calories

15 gProtein

35 gFat

1 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
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Roquefort Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Walnut	1 walnut half (4g)	26
Salad	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 Colville, Jessie Henderson. [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.

Roquefort cheese + cheesetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together21 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
Olive + walnuttop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,087 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).
Olive + cheesetop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together3,802 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).
Walnut + cheesetop 14% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together410 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Olive + roquefort cheesetop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together42 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).