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Radicchio & Rocket Salad

Radicchio, like other bitter leaves such as Belgian endive, dandelions, cicoria and treviso, becomes extra special when its bitterness is balanced with other tastes – like the sweetness of balsamic vinegar, the saltiness of Parmesan, or the crunchy pepperiness of rocket. Sometimes in life you have one particular thing which, on its own, is nothing, yet mix it up in the right combination and somehow it becomes genius – it's like this with recipes, and especially this one.

By jamieoliver · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Radicchio & Rocket Salad

Why it works: Parmesan cheese and olive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 4,076 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl isobutyrate, which smells fruity, ethereal. The science ↓

Radicchio & Rocket Salad

Serves 1

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By jamieoliver. 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Parmesan cheese + olivetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,076 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  2. Vinegar + olivetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together10,843 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

  3. Parmesan cheese + peppertop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together5,322 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  4. Vinegar + peppertop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together27,805 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  5. Olive + peppertop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together27,398 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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