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Angel Salad

"This colorful holiday salad is a tart, crunchy favorite. The recipe will take several hours, as the gelatin must set. Substitute frozen whipped topping for whipped cream, if desired."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Angel Salad

Why it works: Lime and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,491 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Angel Salad

12 servings
Prep15 min
Cook5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

451Calories
6 gProtein
36 gFat
34 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pecans1 oz (28g / ~19 halves)196
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Pineapple1 cup chunks (165g)82
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Waternot in our table0
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. Lime + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,491 recipes

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

  2. Pepper + celerytop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together16,012 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  3. Lime + pineappletop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together469 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Lime + celerytop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together305 recipes

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

  5. Cream cheese + pecanstop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together465 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

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

Swap the pecans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lime, cream cheese, pineapple, pepper, celery, cream):

  1. Walnutfits better
  2. Beansfits better
  3. Cashew nutfits better
  4. Pecansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against lime, cream cheese, pineapple, pepper, celery, cream. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.