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Avocado and Black-Eyed-Pea Salsa

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Why it works: Black-eyed pea and cumin work together. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 24 recipes mention both. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

The recipe

12 servings
Prep20 min

Ingredients

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

Also mentioned in the method: tortillas

Directions

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

  1. In a small bowl, whisk together the red wine vinegar, olive oil, ground cumin, minced garlic, salt and black pepper to make a dressing.

  2. In a large bowl, combine the diced avocados, chopped green onion, chopped cilantro, chopped roma tomatoes, drained shoepeg corn and rinsed, drained black-eyed peas.

  3. Pour the dressing over the salad and gently toss to coat, taking care not to mash the avocado.

  4. Taste and adjust the salt and black pepper as needed.

  5. Cover and chill for at least 15 minutes so the flavors meld before serving. Serve with tortilla chips if desired.

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. Black-eyed pea + cumintop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together24 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Avocado + tomatotop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,385 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Tomato + cumintop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together3,272 recipes

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

  4. Plum + red winetop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together42 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

  5. Tomato + red winetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together806 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the plum

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (avocado, onion, tomato, corn, black-eyed pea, red wine, vinegar):

  1. Limebetter flavor fit
  2. Cherrybetter flavor fit
  3. Plumthe original
  4. Coconutabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against avocado, onion, tomato, corn, black-eyed pea, red wine, vinegar. 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).