Why it works: Watercress and celery match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 167 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓
Cress and Celery Salad
Ingredients
Directions
Combine equal parts watercress and finely chopped tender celery stalks in a salad bowl.
Serve with Hygia dressing.
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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Watercress + celerytop 7% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together167 recipes
Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
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What each ingredient does
- Watercress
- Provides the peppery, leafy base of the salad.
- Celery stalks
- Adds crisp texture and a fresh, mild crunch to the salad.
“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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