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Spinach, Bacon & New Potato Salad

A warm salad full of your favourite ingredients that is equally good as a main or a side

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Spinach, Bacon & New Potato Salad

Why it works: Spinach and mustard match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 503 recipes. Both carry trans-2-hexenal, which smells green, leafy. The science ↓

Spinach, Bacon & New Potato Salad

Serves 2

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

471Calories
18 gProtein
25 gFat
40 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
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. Spinach + mustardtop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together503 recipes

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

  2. Potato + spinachtop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together646 recipes

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

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

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  4. Potato + olivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,458 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  5. Potato + mustardtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,340 recipes

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

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

Swap the potato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (spinach, olive, red wine, vinegar, mustard):

  1. Lettucefits better
  2. Shallotfits better
  3. Broccolifits better
  4. Potatothe original

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