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Pomegranate Dressing

A fruity Middle Eastern-inspired dressing that's ideal for couscous, rice or green salad

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Pomegranate Dressing

Why it works: Pomegranate and olive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 311 recipes. Both carry hexanol, which smells green, fruity. The science ↓

Pomegranate Dressing

Serves 4
Prep15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

243Calories
2 gProtein
14 gFat
29 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Pomegranate1/2 cup seeds (87g)72
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Seednot 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. Pomegranate + olivetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together311 recipes

    Shared aroma: hexanol (green, fruity).

  2. Olive + vinegartop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together12,297 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

  3. White wine + vinegartop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,776 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  4. Olive + white winetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,949 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  5. Vinegar + sugartop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,806 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

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

Swap the pomegranate

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, white wine, vinegar, sugar):

  1. Plumfits better
  2. Grapefits better
  3. Pearfits better
  4. Pomegranatethe original

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