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Bresaola with Exotic Fruit Salsa

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By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Bresaola with Exotic Fruit Salsa

Why it works: Pineapple and mango match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 224 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, sweet. The science ↓

Bresaola with Exotic Fruit Salsa

Serves 6
Prep10 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

311Calories
3 gProtein
15 gFat
48 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Mango1 cup diced (165g)99
Pineapple1 cup chunks (165g)82
Watercress1 cup (34g)4
Olive1 large (4g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3

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.

  1. Pineapple + mangotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together224 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, sweet).

  2. Watercress + olivetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together684 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Mango + olivetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together488 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  4. Olive + vinegartop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together12,297 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

  5. Pineapple + olivetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together660 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

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

Swap the pineapple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (mango, watercress, olive, vinegar):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Avocadofits better
  3. Cherryfits about as well
  4. Pineapplethe original

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