Name: Broccoli and Candied Walnut Salad Recipe
Yield: Serving Size 3-4 People
Ingredients: 1 lbs Broccoli florets (small size); 1/2 Red onion (peeled and sliced thin); 1/3 Cup black currants; 1/2 Cup roughly chopped walnuts; 2 tbs Agave nectar or honey; 1/2 Cup sour cream; 1 tbs Apple cider vinegar (Sub. white or rice wine vinegar); 1 tsp Mustard

Why it works: Broccoli and mustard match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 705 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Broccoli and Candied Walnut Salad Recipe

Serving Size 3-4 People

Ingredients

1 lbs Broccoli florets (small size)
1/2 Red onion (peeled and sliced thin)
1/3 Cup black currants
1/2 Cup roughly chopped walnuts
2 tbs Agave nectar or honey
1/2 Cup sour cream
1 tbs Apple cider vinegar (Sub. white or rice wine vinegar)
1 tsp Mustard

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

547Calories

27 gProtein

5 gFat

96 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Rice	1 cup cooked (158g) white	206
Yogurt	170g plain Greek	100
Honey	1 tbsp (21g)	64
Broccoli	1 cup chopped (156g)	55
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Walnut	1 walnut half (4g)	26
Wine	2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)	25
Agave	1 tsp (7g)	21
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Mustard	1 tsp (5g) yellow	3
Black Currant	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 chow. 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.

Broccoli + mustardtop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together705 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Agave + mustardtop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together37 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Broccoli + agavetop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together17 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Broccoli + oniontop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,294 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Onion + mustardtop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together9,259 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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

Swap the black currant

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (broccoli, onion, walnut, agave, cream, apple cider vinegar, mustard):

Avocadofits better
Limefits better
Coconutfits better
Black currantthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against broccoli, onion, walnut, agave, cream, apple cider vinegar, mustard. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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