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Chicory, Pomegranate & Feta Salad

A no-cook, zingy vegetarian salad to serve alongside winter dishes

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Chicory and pomegranate share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 9 recipes mention both. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 6
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

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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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Chicory + pomegranatetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together9 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Chicory + watercresstop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together40 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Olive + feta cheesetop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,438 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

  4. Red wine + vinegartop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together569 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  5. Watercress + pomegranatetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together14 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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