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Ali's Greek Tortellini Salad

"This salad is going to be in the Allrecipes Hall of Fame one day! My friend Ali made this refreshing summer salad for me, which is even better a few days later. Tortellini, a great vinaigrette, baby spinach, and feta. If you like balsamic vinegar, it's a must to add into the vinaigrette. Bon appetit!"

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Ali's Greek Tortellini Salad

Why it works: Lemon and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and 14,037 recipes mention both. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Ali's Greek Tortellini Salad

8 servings
Prep15 min
Cook15 min

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Lemon + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together14,037 recipes

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

  2. Parsley + oreganotop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,184 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Lemon + oreganotop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together784 recipes

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

  4. Olive + oreganotop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,443 recipes

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

  5. Olive + parsleytop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together9,649 recipes

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

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

Flavor stand-ins for the oregano

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cheese, olive, lemon, red wine, vinegar, parsley, egg):

  1. Thymebetter flavor fit
  2. Rosemarybetter flavor fit
  3. Tarragonbetter flavor fit
  4. Oreganothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cheese, olive, lemon, red wine, vinegar, parsley, egg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).