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Warm Summer Salad

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By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Warm Summer Salad

Why it works: Beetroot and beans match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 215 recipes. Both carry 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells green bell pepper, earthy. The science ↓

Warm Summer Salad

Serves 4

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

207Calories
8 gProtein
10 gFat
26 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 13 ingredients. The other 5 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Chives1 tbsp (3g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Beetrootnot in our table0
Rapeseed Oilnot in our table0
Beannot in our table0
Seednot in our table0
Sorrelnot 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 + beanstop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together215 recipes

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

  2. Pepper + lemontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  3. Pepper + clovetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together17,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  4. Beans + garlictop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,935 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Pepper + garlictop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,090 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beetroot, cheese, beans, pepper, clove, garlic, honey):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Avocadofits better
  3. Figfits better
  4. Lemonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against beetroot, cheese, beans, pepper, clove, garlic, honey. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.