Name: Apple Slaw for Winter
Ingredients: scant 1/4 cup olive oil; 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard; 1 tablespoon honey; 1 lime, juiced; 1 small purple cabbage, cored and sliced into small stripes (about 2 cups); 8 radishes, stems and ends removed, finely sliced and coarsely chopped; 2 medium organic Granny Smith apples, or other tart, crisp apple; loose 1/2 cup chopped cilantro; sea salt and pepper, to taste

Why it works: Mustard and radish match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 297 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Apple Slaw for Winter

Ingredients

scant 1/4 cup olive oil
2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
1 tablespoon honey
1 lime, juiced
1 small purple cabbage, cored and sliced into small stripes (about 2 cups)
8 radishes, stems and ends removed, finely sliced and coarsely chopped
2 medium organic Granny Smith apples, or other tart, crisp apple
loose 1/2 cup chopped cilantro
sea salt and pepper, to taste

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

354Calories

5 gProtein

15 gFat

59 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 9 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Apple	1 medium (182g)	95
Honey	1 tbsp (21g)	64
Broccoli	1 cup chopped (156g)	55
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Mustard	1 tsp (5g) yellow	3
Cilantro	1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)	1
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 cookieandkate. 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.

Mustard + radishtop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together297 recipes

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

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,491 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Cabbage + radishtop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together106 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).
Mustard + cabbagetop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,645 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Lime + radishtop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together53 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the apple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, mustard, honey, lime, cabbage, radish, pepper):

Avocadofits better
Lemonfits better
Mangofits better
Applethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, mustard, honey, lime, cabbage, radish, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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