Name: Warm Escarole and Mushroom Salad Recipe
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 6 to 8 servings
Ingredients: 1 medium head escarole , cleaned, dried, and torn into bite-size pieces; 1/4 cup olive oil; 1 pound mushrooms (such as shiitake, button, or cremini), cleaned, stems removed, and quartered; 2 medium garlic cloves, finely chopped; 1 large shallot , thinly sliced; 1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves, minced; Salt; Freshly ground black pepper; 5 tablespoons red wine vinegar

Why it works: Shallot and thyme match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,476 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Warm Escarole and Mushroom Salad Recipe

6 to 8 servings

Cook15 min

Ingredients

1 medium head escarole , cleaned, dried, and torn into bite-size pieces
1/4 cup olive oil
1 pound mushrooms (such as shiitake, button, or cremini), cleaned, stems removed, and quartered
2 medium garlic cloves, finely chopped
1 large shallot , thinly sliced
1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves, minced
Salt
Freshly ground black pepper
5 tablespoons red wine vinegar

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

192Calories

5 gProtein

14 gFat

14 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 9 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Shiitake	1/2 cup (73g)	34
Mushroom	1/2 cup sliced (35g)	15
Shallot	1 tbsp minced (10g)	7
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Thyme	1 tsp dried (1.4g)	4
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Salt	1 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.

Shallot + thymetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,476 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Clove + thymetop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together4,108 recipes

Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).
Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together25,665 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Thyme + peppertop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together11,585 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Olive + thymetop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together4,948 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, mushroom, garlic, shallot, thyme, pepper, red wine):

Rosemaryfits better
Parsleyfits better
Marjoramfits better
Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, mushroom, garlic, shallot, thyme, pepper, red wine. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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