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Mediterranean Fig & Mozzarella Salad

If you want to make this more substantial, you could serve some prosciutto or Serrano ham with it

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Mediterranean Fig & Mozzarella Salad

Why it works: Shallot and hazelnut share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 20 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Mediterranean Fig & Mozzarella Salad

SERVES 4 as a main or 6 as a starter
Prep15 min
Cook5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

283Calories
8 gProtein
20 gFat
18 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Fig1 medium (50g)37
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Hazelnutnot in our table0
Relishnot 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. Shallot + hazelnuttop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together20 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Basil + olivetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,063 recipes

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

  3. Fig + hazelnuttop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together23 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Shallot + basiltop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together473 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Hazelnut + olivetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together290 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the green beans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (fig, shallot, hazelnut, basil, vinegar, olive):

  1. Beetrootfits better
  2. Chivefits better
  3. Lettucefits better
  4. Green beansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against fig, shallot, hazelnut, basil, vinegar, olive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.