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Balsamic Grape and Walnut Salad

"Red grapes, walnuts, onions and more are mixed with balsamic vinaigrette for a fresh summer salad."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Balsamic Grape and Walnut Salad

Why it works: Grape and walnut are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,427 recipes. Both carry 1-hexanal, which smells fruit. The science ↓

Balsamic Grape and Walnut Salad

6 servings
Prep20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

132Calories
2 gProtein
3 gFat
26 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 4 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Salad Dressingnot 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. Grape + walnuttop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,427 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-hexanal (fruit).

  2. Onion + radishtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together323 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetal (cream, earthy).

  3. Walnut + radishtop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together46 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Walnut + raisintop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together647 recipes

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

  5. Walnut + oniontop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,771 recipes

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

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

Swap the raisin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (grape, walnut, onion, radish):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Figfits better
  3. Limefits better
  4. Raisinthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against grape, walnut, onion, radish. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.