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Goat's Cheese & Bistro Salad

By grilling some bread and tossing together a simple salad, a piece of cheese becomes a course in itself

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Goat's Cheese & Bistro Salad

Why it works: Walnut and shallot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 440 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Goat's Cheese & Bistro Salad

Serves 2
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

757Calories
22 gProtein
27 gFat
100 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Watercress1 cup (34g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3

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.

  1. Walnut + shallottop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together440 recipes

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

  2. Cheese + breadtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,130 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

  3. Sherry + vinegartop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together660 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-ethyl-2-methoxyphenol (smoky, clove).

  4. Shallot + vinegartop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,374 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Cheese + vinegartop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together922 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-methylbutanol (malty, whiskey).

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

Swap the walnut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cheese, bread, lamb, shallot, sherry, vinegar):

  1. Beansfits better
  2. Peasfits about as well
  3. Sesamefits about as well
  4. Walnutthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cheese, bread, lamb, shallot, sherry, vinegar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.