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Pink Grapefruit Salad

A great salad to serve alongside a curry, a similar salad is made in Thailand using a citrus fruit called a pomelo.

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Pink Grapefruit Salad

Why it works: Mint and coriander work together. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 940 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Pink Grapefruit Salad

Serves 6

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

447Calories
8 gProtein
29 gFat
45 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 8 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cashew1 oz (28g / ~18 nuts)157
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Grapefruit1/2 fruit (123g)52
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Peppermintnot in our table0
Coriandernot 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. Mint + coriandertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together940 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Grapefruit + minttop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together35 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  3. Grapefruit + coriandertop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together46 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

  4. Shallot + coriandertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together305 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Grapefruit + shallottop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together12 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

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

Swap the nuts

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (grapefruit, shallot, sugar, mint, coriander):

  1. Chickpeafits better
  2. Cashew nutfits better
  3. Pistachiofits better
  4. Nutsthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against grapefruit, shallot, sugar, mint, coriander. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.