Name: French Bean & Chorizo Salad
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 2 large shallots or 4 small, finely chopped; 2 tbsp sherry or white wine vinegar; 300g French beans , tails cut off; 100g blanched almonds; butter; 2 chorizo (about 100g) , halved and sliced (pull of the outer skin if you need to); a handful parsley , roughly chopped

Why it works: Shallot and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,737 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

French Bean & Chorizo Salad

Serves 4

Ingredients

2 large shallots or 4 small, finely chopped
2 tbsp sherry or white wine vinegar
300g French beans , tails cut off
100g blanched almonds
butter
2 chorizo (about 100g) , halved and sliced (pull of the outer skin if you need to)
a handful parsley , roughly chopped

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

182Calories

2 gProtein

12 gFat

11 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Wine	2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)	25
Almond	1 almond (1.2g)	7
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
French Bean	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 bbcgoodfood. 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.

Shallot + parsleytop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,737 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Shallot + beanstop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together147 recipes

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

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together238 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).
Shallot + almondtop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together75 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Beans + parsleytop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,376 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

Swap the parsley

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (shallot, sherry, beans, almond, butter):

Capersfits better
Tarragonfits about as well
Cinnamonfits about as well
Parsleythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against shallot, sherry, beans, almond, butter. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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