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Griddled Halloumi with Beetroot & Orange

This simple salad is refreshing and light. It's great with mackerel too

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Griddled Halloumi with Beetroot & Orange

Why it works: Beetroot and watercress match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 143 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Griddled Halloumi with Beetroot & Orange

Serves 4
Prep15 min
Cook5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

292Calories
16 gProtein
18 gFat
17 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Halloumi1 oz (28g)110
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Watercress1 cup (34g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Beetrootnot in our table0

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. Beetroot + watercresstop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together143 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Beetroot + orangetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together170 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl butyrate (apple, fruity).

  3. Orange + watercresstop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together98 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Halloumi + cheesetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together86 recipes

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

  5. White wine + vinegartop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,776 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

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

Swap the orange

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beetroot, white wine, vinegar, halloumi, cheese, watercress):

  1. Lemonfits better
  2. Pearfits better
  3. Figfits better
  4. Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against beetroot, white wine, vinegar, halloumi, cheese, watercress. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.