Name: Warm White Bean and Arugula Salad
Ingredients: 1 tbsp olive oil; 1 shallot, minced; 1 garlic clove, minced; 1 tsp white vinegar; ½ lemon, juiced; 1 tsp sugar; 1 15oz can cannelloni beans, drained and rinsed; 1 bunch arugula leaves (or 5oz baby arugula); In a medium skillet, heat the oil, shallot, and garlic until they begin to lightly fry. Whisk in the vinegar, lemon juice, and sugar. Toss the beans in the vinaigrette and allow to warm on a low flame. When the beans are heated through, remove from the heat and toss with the arugula. Season with sal

Why it works: Olive and garlic 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 ↓

Warm White Bean and Arugula Salad

Ingredients

1 tbsp olive oil
1 shallot, minced
1 garlic clove, minced
1 tsp white vinegar
½ lemon, juiced
1 tsp sugar
1 15oz can cannelloni beans, drained and rinsed
1 bunch arugula leaves (or 5oz baby arugula)
In a medium skillet, heat the oil, shallot, and garlic until they begin to lightly fry. Whisk in the vinegar, lemon juice, and sugar. Toss the beans in the vinaigrette and allow to warm on a low flame. When the beans are heated through, remove from the heat and toss with the arugula. Season with sal

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

206Calories

2 gProtein

14 gFat

21 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 11 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Shallot	1 tbsp minced (10g)	7
Clove	1 tsp ground (2g)	7
Arugula	1 cup (20g)	5
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Bean	not in our table	0
Trout	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By biggirlssmallkitchen. 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.

Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together25,665 recipes

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

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,000 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Shallot + beanstop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together147 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Olive + beanstop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,470 recipes

Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).
Shallot + clovetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,677 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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, shallot, garlic, vinegar, lemon, sugar, beans):

Capersfits better
Tarragonfits better
Thymefits better
Clovethe original

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

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