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Autumn Chestnut Salad

Ready-cooked chestnuts add an interesting bite to this seasonal salad

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Autumn Chestnut Salad

Why it works: Lettuce and beetroot 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 ↓

Autumn Chestnut Salad

Serves 4 - 6
Prep20 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

992Calories
43 gProtein
32 gFat
132 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 11 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Pork100g cooked242
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Chestnutnot in our table0
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. Lettuce + beetroottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together678 recipes

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

  2. Lettuce + chestnuttop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together64 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Chestnut + beetroottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together12 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Olive + lettucetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,580 recipes

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

  5. Bread + hamtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,536 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).

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

Swap the chestnut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (bread, olive, lamb, lettuce, beetroot, vinegar, ham):

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

Fit is the average pairing score against bread, olive, lamb, lettuce, beetroot, vinegar, ham. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.