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Apple, Brie, and Walnut Salad

"This easy 5-ingredient salad comes together under 10 minutes."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Apple and brie work together. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and 24 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-methylbutanol, which smells fusel, malty. The science ↓

The recipe

4 servings
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk, tree nuts (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Core the red apples and slice them thinly.

  2. Place the spring mix salad greens in a large salad bowl.

  3. Add the sliced apples, sliced Brie cheese, and toasted walnut pieces over the greens.

  4. Pour the balsamic vinaigrette over the salad just before serving.

  5. Toss gently until the greens and apples are evenly coated, then divide among four plates and serve right away.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Apple + brietop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together24 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutanol (fusel, malty).

  2. Brie + cheesetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together161 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

  3. Apple + cheesetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together292 recipes

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

  4. Cheese + walnuttop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together410 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  5. Brie + walnuttop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together19 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