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Tangy Beetroot & Bean Salad

This zesty summer salad makes an unusual addition to a buffet spread

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Tangy Beetroot & Bean Salad

Why it works: Beetroot and shallot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 139 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Tangy Beetroot & Bean Salad

Serves 12
Prep20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

220Calories
2 gProtein
14 gFat
18 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 8 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Beetrootnot in our table0
Beannot 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 + shallottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together139 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Thyme + shallottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,476 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Beetroot + beanstop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together215 recipes

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

  4. Olive + thymetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,948 recipes

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

  5. Beans + shallottop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together147 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beetroot, olive, beans, thyme, sherry, vinegar, shallot):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Limefits better
  3. Cherryfits better
  4. Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against beetroot, olive, beans, thyme, sherry, vinegar, shallot. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.