Why it works: Quail and lettuce work together. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 19 recipes. Both carry 2-nonanone, which smells fruity, floral. The science ↓
Game Salad
Ingredients
Directions
Combine chopped quail and lettuce hearts in a bowl.
Toss gently to mix and serve immediately.
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.
Explore the science
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.
-
Quail + lettucetop 15% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together19 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
You might also like
The free Flavor Lab newsletter: one surprising pairing a week and the molecular reason it works, in 60 seconds. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.
Prefer an account? Create a free account to save pairings and unlock the full chemistry.
Chicken Salad623 recipes
Salad Dressing491 recipes
Tomato Salad179 recipes
Cold Slaw160 recipes