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Preserved Lemon and Bitters Vinaigrette Recipe

Bitters and preserved lemons combine for an unexpected salad dressing; try it on our Fennel, Parsley, and Celery Salad.What to buy: Preserved lemons are a popular...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Preserved Lemon and Bitters Vinaigrette Recipe

Why it works: Lemon and celery match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,467 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Preserved Lemon and Bitters Vinaigrette Recipe

About 1/3 cup

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

186Calories
1 gProtein
14 gFat
18 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Celery Seed1 stalk (40g)6

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. Lemon + celerytop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,467 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Lemon + olivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,922 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  3. Celery + olivetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,667 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  4. Lemon + sugartop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together53,532 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  5. Celery + sugartop 33% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together4,794 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

Lemon and sugar barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 53,532 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the celery

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lemon, sugar, olive):

  1. Rosemaryfits better
  2. Basilfits better
  3. Thymefits better
  4. Celerythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against lemon, sugar, olive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.