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Italian Bean & Olive Salad

A superhealthy side salad, packed full of vitamin C and perfect for al fresco eating

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Italian Bean & Olive Salad

Why it works: Capers and olive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,688 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Italian Bean & Olive Salad

Serves 8
Prep15 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

275Calories
4 gProtein
15 gFat
35 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Olive1 large (4g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Capers1 tbsp (9g) drained2
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1

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. Capers + olivetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,688 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Olive + basiltop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,063 recipes

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

  3. Pepper + basiltop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,294 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  4. Cherry tomato + basiltop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10 recipes

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

  5. Cherry tomato + olivetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together24 recipes

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

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

Swap the cherry tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pepper, green beans, capers, olive, red wine, vinegar, basil):

  1. Lemonfits better
  2. Limefits better
  3. Cherryfits better
  4. Cherry tomatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pepper, green beans, capers, olive, red wine, vinegar, basil. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.