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A Great Pepper Salad

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A Great Pepper Salad

Why it works: Provolone cheese and swiss cheese share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 18 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

A Great Pepper Salad

12 servings
Prep5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

722Calories
52 gProtein
53 gFat
10 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Swiss Cheese1 oz (28g)108
Provolone Cheese1 oz (28g)100
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Oregano1 tsp dried (1.8g)5
Olive1 large (4g)4
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Pimentonot 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 allrecipes. 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. Provolone cheese + swiss cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together18 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  2. Swiss cheese + cheddar cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together80 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  3. Provolone cheese + cheddar cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together28 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  4. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Pepper + clovetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together17,451 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 clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pepper, provolone cheese, swiss cheese, cheddar cheese, mushroom, olive, garlic):

  1. Oreganofits better
  2. Thymefits better
  3. Basilfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pepper, provolone cheese, swiss cheese, cheddar cheese, mushroom, olive, garlic. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.