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Pea, Mint and Almond Salad

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By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Pea, Mint and Almond Salad

Why it works: Peas and mint are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,137 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Pea, Mint and Almond Salad

Serves 6

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

274Calories
6 gProtein
15 gFat
30 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
Pea1/2 cup (72g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Peppermintnot in our table0
Cidernot 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. Peas + minttop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,137 recipes

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

  2. Almond + olivetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,875 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  3. Cider + vinegartop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,431 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-ethyl-2-methoxyphenol (smoky, clove).

  4. Mustard + vinegartop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,067 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Almond + mustardtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together246 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the almond

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (peas, sugar, mint, mustard, cider, olive, vinegar):

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

Fit is the average pairing score against peas, sugar, mint, mustard, cider, olive, vinegar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.