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Melon, Cherry Bocconcini & Prosciutto Salad Recipe Recipe

This is such a beautiful light summer salad with such subtle and fresh flavours.

By chow · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Why it works: Lemon and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 27,047 recipes. Both carry trans-2-nonenal, which smells cardboard, fatty. The science ↓

Melon, Cherry Bocconcini & Prosciutto Salad Recipe Recipe

Serves 4

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

356Calories
9 gProtein
20 gFat
40 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Watermelon1 cup diced (152g)46
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Peppermintnot 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 chow. 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. Lemon + peppertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

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

  2. Mint + lemontop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,998 recipes

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

  3. Cherry + olivetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,889 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyl acetate (fruit).

  4. Lemon + olivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,922 recipes

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

  5. Cherry + peppertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,336 recipes

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

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

Swap the cherry

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (prosciutto, mint, lemon, olive, pepper):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Orangefits about as well
  3. Mangofits about as well
  4. Cherrythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against prosciutto, mint, lemon, olive, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.