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Griddled Courgette Salad with Mozzarella & Mint

A fresh, flavoursome salad that goes well with meat-based mains

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Griddled Courgette Salad with Mozzarella & Mint

Why it works: Pine and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 480 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Griddled Courgette Salad with Mozzarella & Mint

Serves 6

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

471Calories
11 gProtein
39 gFat
26 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 7 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pine Nut1 oz (28g)191
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Buffalonot in our table0
Peppermintnot 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. Pine + lemontop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together480 recipes

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

  2. Lemon + minttop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,998 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. Olive + lemontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,922 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  5. Pine + minttop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together123 recipes

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

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 (olive, buffalo, pine, lemon, mint, honey):

  1. Chickpeafits better
  2. Pistachiofits better
  3. Almondfits better
  4. Nutsthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, buffalo, pine, lemon, mint, honey. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.