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Sherry-Tomato Vinaigrette Recipe

This fruity, creamy vinaigrette is the perfect way to use up overripe tomatoes while still saving their flavor. It was created for our steak salad but is equally...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Sherry-Tomato Vinaigrette Recipe

Why it works: Garlic and olive are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 25,665 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Sherry-Tomato Vinaigrette Recipe

1 1/2 cups

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

394Calories
3 gProtein
28 gFat
32 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Grapeseed Oil1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3

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. Garlic + olivetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Garlic + shallottop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,000 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Clove + shallottop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,677 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Cherry + olivetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,889 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyl acetate (fruit).

  5. Cherry + clovetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together474 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

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

Swap the cherry

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (garlic, clove, shallot, sherry, vinegar, olive):

  1. Avocadofits about as well
  2. Plumfits about as well
  3. Cherrythe original
  4. Limefits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against garlic, clove, shallot, sherry, vinegar, olive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.