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Spinach & Beetroot Salad

A salad is a fresh idea for a party, and this colourful one livens up the table no end

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Spinach & Beetroot Salad

Why it works: Beetroot and spinach match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 280 recipes. Both carry 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells green bell pepper, earthy. The science ↓

Spinach & Beetroot Salad

Serves 10

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

330Calories
4 gProtein
14 gFat
46 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Beetrootnot in our table0
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 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. Beetroot + spinachtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together280 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  2. Beetroot + mustardtop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together484 recipes

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

  3. Spinach + mustardtop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together503 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  4. Spinach + olivetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,971 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  5. Mustard + olivetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,950 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the cherry tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sherry, beetroot, spinach, mustard, olive, honey):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Figfits better
  3. Limefits better
  4. Cherry tomatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sherry, beetroot, spinach, mustard, olive, honey. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.