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Ham & Beetroot Salad Bowl

A great light lunchtime salad that uses everyday ingredients in a new and interesting way

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Ham & Beetroot Salad Bowl

Why it works: Beetroot and lettuce match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 678 recipes. Both carry 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells green bell pepper, earthy. The science ↓

Ham & Beetroot Salad Bowl

Serves 2
Prep15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

356Calories
44 gProtein
7 gFat
30 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 8 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Ham100g cooked145
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Pea1/2 cup (72g)62
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Iceberg Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Beetrootnot in our table0
Horseradishnot in our table0
Saucenot 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 + lettucetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together678 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  2. Beetroot + horseradishtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together209 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Horseradish + lettucetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together79 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Peas + lettucetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,293 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  5. Onion + horseradishtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,784 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the peas

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beetroot, onion, yogurt, horseradish, sauce, lettuce, ham):

  1. Beansfits better
  2. Lentilsfits better
  3. Chickpeafits better
  4. Peasthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against beetroot, onion, yogurt, horseradish, sauce, lettuce, ham. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.