Name: Warm Salad of Eggs & Bacon with Tomato Dressing
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: 4 semi-dried tomatoes in oil, finely chopped; 1 clove garlic , crushed; 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar; 2 big handfuls salad leaves; 4 sliced Piquillo or Pepperdillo peppers , from a jar; 8 slices streaky bacon , grilled until crisp, then crumbled; extra-virgin olive oil; 3 eggs , soft boiled from cold for 7 minutes and halved

Why it works: Tomato and olive are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 15,539 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Warm Salad of Eggs & Bacon with Tomato Dressing

Serves 2

Ingredients

4 semi-dried tomatoes in oil, finely chopped
1 clove garlic , crushed
1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
2 big handfuls salad leaves
4 sliced Piquillo or Pepperdillo peppers , from a jar
8 slices streaky bacon , grilled until crisp, then crumbled
extra-virgin olive oil
3 eggs , soft boiled from cold for 7 minutes and halved

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

275Calories

11 gProtein

22 gFat

8 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 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
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Bacon	1 slice cooked (8g)	43
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Salad	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.

Tomato + olivetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together15,539 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Garlic + olivetop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together25,665 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Tomato + garlictop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together14,076 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Clove + peppertop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together17,451 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).
Tomato + peppertop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together17,923 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 clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (tomato, garlic, vinegar, pepper, olive, egg):

Basilfits better
Parsleyfits better
Thymefits better
Clovethe original

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

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