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Apple, Pecan, and Blue Cheese Salad with Dried Cherries

I thought I'd follow up the french fry post with something slightly more redeeming. I made this salad a couple of weeks ago, ...

By thepioneerwoman · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Apple, Pecan, and Blue Cheese Salad with Dried Cherries

Why it works: Mustard and olive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,950 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Apple, Pecan, and Blue Cheese Salad with Dried Cherries

Serves 8
Prep15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

485Calories
9 gProtein
25 gFat
63 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Blue Cheese1 oz (28g)100
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Pecan1 half (4g)20
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Saladnot 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 thepioneerwoman. 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. Mustard + olivetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,950 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Mustard + peppertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,430 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Apple + blue cheesetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together40 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  4. Olive + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together30,263 recipes

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

  5. Blue cheese + olivetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together329 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

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

Swap the apple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (blue cheese, mustard, maple syrup, apple cider vinegar, olive, pepper):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Grapefits better
  3. Cherryfits better
  4. Applethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against blue cheese, mustard, maple syrup, apple cider vinegar, olive, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.