Why it works: Olive and lemon are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and 11,922 recipes mention both. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓
Salad Entrée Dressing
Ingredients
Directions
Mix 1 tablespoon chopped parsley, ¾ tablespoon chopped onion, ¾-1 teaspoon salt, and ¾-1 teaspoon celery salt.
Add ½ cup olive oil.
Add ⅓ cup lemon juice slowly, stirring.
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.
Explore the science
The flavor team
The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.
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Olive + lemontop 7% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together11,922 recipes
Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- Olive oil
- Provides fat and a smooth body that carries the other flavours.
- Lemon juice
- Adds acidity that brightens the dressing and balances the oil.
The step that matters
Add the lemon juice slowly, stirring. Oil and lemon juice are immiscible liquids. Adding the acid slowly while stirring breaks it into small droplets, so the mixture emulsifies and stays combined rather than separating.
“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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