Name: Peach, Tomato, and Sweet Onion Salsa Recipe
Yield: 3 cups
Ingredients: 3 medium peaches, small dice (about 1 1/2 cups); 2 medium tomatoes, small dice (about 1 cup); 1/2 medium sweet onion, such as Vidalia or Maui, small dice (about 1/2 cup); 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon freshly squeezed lemon juice

Why it works: Tomato and onion are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 20,633 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Peach, Tomato, and Sweet Onion Salsa Recipe

3 cups

Ingredients

3 medium peaches, small dice (about 1 1/2 cups)
2 medium tomatoes, small dice (about 1 cup)
1/2 medium sweet onion, such as Vidalia or Maui, small dice (about 1/2 cup)
1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon freshly squeezed lemon juice

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

137Calories

4 gProtein

1 gFat

33 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 4 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Peach	1 medium (150g)	59
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12

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.

Tomato + oniontop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together20,633 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Peach + tomatotop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together143 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
Tomato + lemontop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,592 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Peach + lemontop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together947 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
Peach + oniontop 18% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together249 recipes

Shared aroma: hexanal (green, grassy).

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

Swap the onion

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

Capsicumfits better
Cucumberfits better
Broccolifits better
Onionthe original

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

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