Name: Beef & Beetroot Salad Platter
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 1 seasonal green lettuce , such as Batavia, Webb's or Cos; 400g small cooked beetroot , fresh or vacuum-packed, cut into wedges; bunch radishes , halved if large; 2 x 300g/10oz thick sirloin steak; 5 tbsp good olive oil , plus a lilttle extra; 1 red onion , cut into wedges; 1 tbsp capers; 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar; 2-3 tbsp soured cream

Why it works: Lettuce and beetroot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 678 recipes. Both carry 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells green bell pepper, earthy. The science ↓

Beef & Beetroot Salad Platter

Serves 4

Ingredients

1 seasonal green lettuce , such as Batavia, Webb's or Cos
400g small cooked beetroot , fresh or vacuum-packed, cut into wedges
bunch radishes , halved if large
2 x 300g/10oz thick sirloin steak
5 tbsp good olive oil , plus a lilttle extra
1 red onion , cut into wedges
1 tbsp capers
2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
2-3 tbsp soured cream

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

474Calories

28 gProtein

34 gFat

12 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
Beef	100g cooked	250
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Lettuce	1 cup shredded (36g)	5
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Capers	1 tbsp (9g) drained	2
Beetroot	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.

Lettuce + beetroottop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together678 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).
Beetroot + caperstop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together231 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Lettuce + caperstop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together372 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Beetroot + radishtop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together52 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Lettuce + radishtop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together58 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

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 (lettuce, beetroot, radish, olive, capers, vinegar, cream):

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Shallotfits better
Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against lettuce, beetroot, radish, olive, capers, vinegar, cream. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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