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Spring Sunshine Salad Recipe

A lovely salad recipe utilizing a vibrant citrus and Parmesan vinaigrette. I did a demo of this salad at the San Francisco Ferry Building Farmers Market.

By 101cookbooks · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Spring Sunshine Salad Recipe

Why it works: Avocado and shallot share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 77 recipes. Both carry nonanal, which smells fat, citrus. The science ↓

Spring Sunshine Salad Recipe

Serves 4 to 6.Makes about 1 1/2 cups.

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1241Calories
37 gProtein
86 gFat
94 gCarbs

Counts 16 of 19 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 16 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Avocado1 medium (150g)240
Pasta1 cup cooked (140g)220
Pine Nut1 oz (28g)191
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Saladnot in our table0
Nutsnot in our table0
Citrusnot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By 101cookbooks. 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. Avocado + shallottop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together77 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  2. Avocado + oniontop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,653 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Parmesan cheese + white winetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together697 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  4. Onion + shallottop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,431 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Butter + white winetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,083 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

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

Swap the nuts

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, orange, avocado, onion, parmesan cheese, shallot, white wine):

  1. Beansfits better
  2. Almondfits better
  3. Chickpeafits better
  4. Nutsthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, orange, avocado, onion, parmesan cheese, shallot, white wine. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.