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Broccolini Salad

Big bowl of green - broccolini tossed with big croutons, tons of scallion slices, mozzarella, toasted almonds, and a hit of serrano pepper.

By 101cookbooks · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Broccolini Salad

Why it works: Broccoli and almond match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 206 recipes. Both carry nonanal, which smells fat, citrus. The science ↓

Broccolini Salad

Serves 4 - 6.
Prep10 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

328Calories
12 gProtein
21 gFat
27 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
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. Broccoli + almondtop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together206 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  2. Pepper + lemontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  3. Broccoli + lemontop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together809 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Olive + almondtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,875 recipes

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

  5. Broccoli + olivetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,460 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-hexenal (green, leafy).

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

Swap the almond

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (broccoli, pepper, olive, lemon, mozzarella cheese):

  1. Chickpeafits better
  2. Sesamefits better
  3. Beansfits better
  4. Almondthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against broccoli, pepper, olive, lemon, mozzarella cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.