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Yield: Makes about 1 1/2 cups
Ingredients: 4 ears fresh corn, kernels removed; 1/2 cup yellow cherry tomatoes, diced; 2 teaspoons white wine vinegar; 1/2 small red onion or 1 large shallot, very finely minced; 1/2 teaspoon sugar; 1/4 teaspoons; Small handful fresh basil, torn; Small handful fresh mint, torn

Why it works: Cherry tomato and basil share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Recipe Flash: Fresh Corn SalsaFresh Corn SalsaDishin and Dishes:Zaika Zabardast:What’s Gaby Cooking:CIA Dropout:Cooking Channel:Food for 7 Stages of Life:FN Dish:Daily*Dishin:Pinch My Salt:Napa Farmhouse 1885:Virtually Homemade:Food2:Virtually Vegan Mama:Sunshine and Smile:Spices N Aroma:The Sensitive Epicure:Dixie Chick Cooks:Cooking with Books:Purple Cook:Glory Foods

Makes about 1 1/2 cups

Ingredients

4 ears fresh corn, kernels removed
1/2 cup yellow cherry tomatoes, diced
2 teaspoons white wine vinegar
1/2 small red onion or 1 large shallot, very finely minced
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1/4 teaspoons
Small handful fresh basil, torn
Small handful fresh mint, torn

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

290Calories

7 gProtein

2 gFat

68 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Cherry	1 cup (138g)	87
Corn	1/2 cup kernels (82g)	77
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Shallot	1 tbsp minced (10g)	7
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Basil	5 leaves fresh (2.5g)	1
Peppermint	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.

Cherry tomato + basiltop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together10 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Corn + basiltop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together263 recipes

Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
Basil + minttop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together393 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
White wine + vinegartop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,776 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
Cherry tomato + oniontop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together21 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

Swap the cherry tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (corn, white wine, vinegar, onion, sugar, basil, mint):

Limefits better
Lemonfits better
Cherryfits better
Cherry tomatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against corn, white wine, vinegar, onion, sugar, basil, mint. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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