Name: Bacon, Mozzarella & Pine Nut Salad
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: 2 handfuls green and dark red salad leaves; 1 ball mozzarella , torn into pieces; 2 tbsp pine nuts , toasted; 1 tbsp red wine vinegar , 2 tbsp olive oil, seasoned and whisked together to make a dressing; 8 rashers thin streaky bacon , grilled until crisp, broken into pieces

Why it works: Pine and olive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,062 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Bacon, Mozzarella & Pine Nut Salad

Serves 2

Ingredients

2 handfuls green and dark red salad leaves
1 ball mozzarella , torn into pieces
2 tbsp pine nuts , toasted
1 tbsp red wine vinegar , 2 tbsp olive oil, seasoned and whisked together to make a dressing
8 rashers thin streaky bacon , grilled until crisp, broken into pieces

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

441Calories

13 gProtein

42 gFat

5 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 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
Pine Nut	1 oz (28g)	191
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Mozzarella Cheese	1 oz (28g)	85
Bacon	1 slice cooked (8g)	43
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Salad	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.

Pine + olivetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,062 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Red wine + vinegartop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together575 recipes

Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).
Vinegar + olivetop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together12,297 recipes

Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).
Red wine + olivetop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,318 recipes

Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).
Pine + nutstop 14% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together15 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

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 (pine, red wine, vinegar, olive):

Walnutfits better
Chestnutfits better
Chickpeafits better
Nutsthe original

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

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