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Honey-glazed Quail with Waldorf Salad

This makes an impressive starter for a celebration menu - but you won't be tied to the stove all night

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Honey-glazed Quail with Waldorf Salad

Why it works: Lettuce and walnut match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 491 recipes. Both carry trans-2-hexenal, which smells green, leafy. The science ↓

Honey-glazed Quail with Waldorf Salad

Serves 6
Prep20 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

282Calories
8 gProtein
8 gFat
47 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Chives1 tbsp (3g)1
Quailnot 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. Lettuce + walnuttop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together491 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  2. Thyme + lettucetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together247 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  3. Honey + appletop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together569 recipes

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

  4. Red wine + thymetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together749 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  5. Red wine + appletop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together148 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

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

Swap the apple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (quail, vinegar, red wine, honey, thyme, lettuce, walnut):

  1. Grapefits better
  2. Figfits better
  3. Cherryfits better
  4. Applethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against quail, vinegar, red wine, honey, thyme, lettuce, walnut. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.