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Warm Roast Asparagus Salad

Jill Dupleix's simple and impressive salad is the perfect accompaniment to a Spring meal.

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Why it works: Asparagus and potato match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 216 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

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Serves 4

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Asparagus + potatotop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together216 recipes

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

  2. Tomato + olivetop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together14,164 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  3. Tomato + potatotop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,797 recipes

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

  4. Tomato + red winetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together806 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  5. Vinegar + mustardtop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together14,067 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

Vinegar and mustard share little aroma chemistry, yet 14,067 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Flavor stand-ins for the mustard

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (asparagus, tomato, olive, honey, potato, red wine, vinegar):

  1. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  2. Cucumberabout as good a flavor fit
  3. Broccoliabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Mustardthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against asparagus, tomato, olive, honey, potato, red wine, vinegar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).