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Creamy Cucumber Salad with Dill

Today i am making this delicious Creamy Cucumber Salad with Dill in honor of Daniel from The Haggis and The Herring food blog.  Daniel was part of the Secret Recipe Club and suddenly passed away.  In honor of him we decided to have a little tribute and make something from his food blog.   Daniel had so many good recipe but…

By delishhh · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Creamy Cucumber Salad with Dill

Why it works: Dill and cucumber match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 530 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Creamy Cucumber Salad with Dill

4 servings
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

178Calories
18 gProtein
1 gFat
24 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By delishhh. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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.

  1. Dill + cucumbertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together530 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  2. Pepper + dilltop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,630 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Vinegar + cucumbertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,734 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyl acetate (fruit).

  4. Yogurt + dilltop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together580 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  5. Yogurt + cucumbertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together650 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the cucumber

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (yogurt, vinegar, pepper, sugar, dill):

  1. Cucumberthe original
  2. Capsicumfits about as well
  3. Mustardfits about as well
  4. Beetrootfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against yogurt, vinegar, pepper, sugar, dill. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.