Why it works: Tomato and cream are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 32% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,034 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-one, which smells mushroom, metallic. The science ↓
Tomato Salad
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Peel the tomatoes and slice them.
Chill the sliced tomatoes in the refrigerator or on ice until thoroughly cold.
Serve
When ready to serve, cover the tomatoes with mayonnaise dressing.
Alternatively, serve the whole tomatoes with a teaspoon of dressing on each.
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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Tomato + creamtop 32% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together2,034 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- Ripe tomatoes
- Provide the main body, juice and fresh flavour of the salad.
- Mayonnaise dressing
- Adds fat and creaminess that coats the tomatoes and softens their acidity.
The step that matters
Chill the sliced tomatoes until thoroughly cold. Cold firms the flesh and slows the release of juice, so the tomatoes stay firm and the dressing does not thin into a watery pool.
“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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