Name: Beetroot, Goat's Cheese & Tarragon Salad
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 6 raw medium beetroot , about the size of a tangerine (a couple of different varieties, if you can get them); 2 tbsp white wine vinegar; 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar; 5 tbsp olive oil; 250g soft fresh goat's cheese; 1 handful fresh tarragon leaves; small bunch watercress , picked into small sprigs

Why it works: Beetroot and watercress match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 143 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Beetroot, Goat's Cheese & Tarragon Salad

Serves 6

Ingredients

6 raw medium beetroot , about the size of a tangerine (a couple of different varieties, if you can get them)
2 tbsp white wine vinegar
2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
5 tbsp olive oil
250g soft fresh goat's cheese
1 handful fresh tarragon leaves
small bunch watercress , picked into small sprigs

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

241Calories

8 gProtein

23 gFat

1 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 7 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Watercress	1 cup (34g)	4
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Tarragon	1 tsp dried (0.5g)	2
Beetroot	not in our table	0
Tangerine	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.

Beetroot + watercresstop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together143 recipes

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

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together184 recipes

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

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together108 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Vinegar + tarragontop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,547 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Olive + watercresstop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together684 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the tangerine

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beetroot, white wine, vinegar, olive, cheese, tarragon, watercress):

Avocadofits better
Lemonfits better
Limefits better
Tangerinethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against beetroot, white wine, vinegar, olive, cheese, tarragon, watercress. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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