Why it works: Orange and lettuce work together. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 373 recipes. Both carry trans-2-hexenal, which smells green, leafy. The science ↓
Orange Salad
Ingredients
Directions
Peel and cut the oranges into pieces.
Drizzle a little French dressing over the oranges.
Place the oranges on the tender inside leaves of the head of lettuce.
Top with a spoonful of mayonnaise dressing and serve.
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.
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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.
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Orange + lettucetop 11% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together373 recipes
Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).
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