Name: Roasted Beetroot & Clementine Salad
Ingredients: 8-10 medium beetroot , trimmed; 6 clementines; 1/2 small red onion , very finely chopped; 6 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil; 2 tbsp white balsamic vinegar; 1 garlic clove , grated or crushed; 2 tsp honey; 1 heaped tsp Dijon mustard; ¼ tsp chilli powder

Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Roasted Beetroot & Clementine Salad

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

244Calories

2 gProtein

14 gFat

30 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Honey	1 tbsp (21g)	64
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Clove	1 tsp ground (2g)	7
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Mustard	1 tsp (5g) yellow	3
Beetroot	not in our table	0
Clementine	not in our table	0

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.

Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Beetroot + mustardtop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together484 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together25,665 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Garlic + mustardtop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together4,053 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Onion + mustardtop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together9,259 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 beetroot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (onion, olive, vinegar, garlic, honey, mustard):

Broccolifits better
Chivefits better
Cucumberfits better
Beetrootthe original

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

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