Name: Parmesan Celery Salad Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 5 min
Yield: Serves 4-6.
Ingredients: 8 large celery stalks, stripped of strings; 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil; 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice; 4 tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan, plus more for topping; 1 1/2 cups / 10 oz / 285 cooked cannellini or garbanzo beans, heated; 3 tablespoons currants (or golden raisins); 1/2 cup / 1 1/2 oz / 40 g sliced almonds, deeply toasted; sea salt or homemade celery salt; freshly chopped herbs (or herb flowers), or reserved celery leaves

Why it works: Celery and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,467 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Parmesan Celery Salad Recipe

Serves 4-6.

Prep10 min

Cook5 min

Ingredients

8 large celery stalks, stripped of strings
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
4 tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan, plus more for topping
1 1/2 cups / 10 oz / 285 cooked cannellini or garbanzo beans, heated
3 tablespoons currants (or golden raisins)
1/2 cup / 1 1/2 oz / 40 g sliced almonds, deeply toasted
sea salt or homemade celery salt
freshly chopped herbs (or herb flowers), or reserved celery leaves

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

322Calories

12 gProtein

22 gFat

23 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 11 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Parmesan Cheese	1 oz (28g)	110
Grape	1/2 cup (76g)	62
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Almond	1 almond (1.2g)	7
Celery Stalks	1 stalk (40g)	6
Celery	1 stalk (40g)	6
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Topping	not in our table	0
Bean	not in our table	0
Flower	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 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.

Celery + lemontop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,467 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Beans + almondtop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together238 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).
Olive + beanstop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,470 recipes

Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).
Olive + almondtop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,875 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Celery + beanstop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,159 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

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

Swap the currant

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (celery, olive, lemon, beans, almond):

Avocadofits better
Limefits better
Orangefits better
Currantthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against celery, olive, lemon, beans, almond. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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