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Shaved Fennel Salad

This could very well be my favorite salad recipe from Super Natural Every Day - shaved fennel, arugula, zucchini coins, feta, toasted almonds.

By 101cookbooks · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Shaved Fennel Salad

Why it works: Fennel and dill match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 122 recipes. Both carry 4-methoxybenzaldehyde, which smells sweet, anise. The science ↓

Shaved Fennel Salad

Serves 4 to 6.
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

558Calories
14 gProtein
43 gFat
37 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pine Nut1 oz (28g)191
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Fennel Bulb1/2 bulb (87g)27
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Arugula1 cup (20g)5
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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. Fennel + dilltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together122 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  2. Dill + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together976 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Fennel + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together723 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  4. Fennel + pinetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together43 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  5. Lemon + pinetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together480 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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 (fennel, dill, lemon, olive, arugula, honey, pine):

  1. Chickpeafits better
  2. Pistachiofits better
  3. Walnutfits better
  4. Nutsthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against fennel, dill, lemon, olive, arugula, honey, pine. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.