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Warm Spinach Salad with Smoky Pecans and Sweet Potato Recipe

This spinach salad recipe has a deep, smoky flavor thanks to the addition of smoked paprika.

By chow · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Warm Spinach Salad with Smoky Pecans and Sweet Potato Recipe

Why it works: Spinach and shallot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 198 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Warm Spinach Salad with Smoky Pecans and Sweet Potato Recipe

4 to 6 servings
Prep25 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

369Calories
6 gProtein
16 gFat
53 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Pecan1 half (4g)20
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
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 chow. 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. Spinach + shallottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together198 recipes

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

  2. Spinach + sweet potatotop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together126 recipes

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

  3. Sweet potato + shallottop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  4. Pecans + sweet potatotop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together136 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

  5. Spinach + olivetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,971 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

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

Swap the pecans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (spinach, olive, sweet potato, shallot, red wine, vinegar, sugar):

  1. Chickpeafits better
  2. Lentilsfits better
  3. Chestnutfits better
  4. Pecansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against spinach, olive, sweet potato, shallot, red wine, vinegar, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.