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Scrummy Warm Rocket Salad

Warm salads can be blooming amazing or a complete disaster. First, you have got to get your hungry guests around the table before you plate up, so as soon as their bums are on the chairs, you are tossing the warm ingredients in with the rocket leaves. Boom, boom, boom on a plate and it's in front of them.

By jamieoliver · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Scrummy Warm Rocket Salad

Why it works: Olive and thyme match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,948 recipes. Both carry methyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells apple, fatty. The science ↓

Scrummy Warm Rocket Salad

Serves 4

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

514Calories
18 gProtein
44 gFat
16 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pine Nut1 oz (28g)191
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Red Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 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 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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Olive + thymetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,948 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

  2. Thyme + pinetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together93 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Olive + pinetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,062 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Onion + thymetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,171 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Onion + olivetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together29,779 recipes

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

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

Swap the nuts

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (onion, olive, thyme, pine, vinegar):

  1. Chickpeafits better
  2. Sesamefits better
  3. Lentilsfits better
  4. Nutsthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against onion, olive, thyme, pine, vinegar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.