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Beet, Fennel and Mandarin Orange Salad

"Roasted beets and sweet oranges are dressed with a sherry-shallot vinaigrette in this flavorful salad."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Fennel and mandarin orange share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 4 recipes mention both. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

The recipe

4 servings
Prep20 min

Ingredients

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

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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. Fennel + mandarin orangetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4 recipes

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

  2. Fennel + minttop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together168 recipes

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

  3. Fennel + shallottop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together146 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Mandarin orange + minttop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together9 recipes

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

  5. Mint + shallottop 10% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together171 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the shallot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (fennel, mandarin orange, mint, goat cheese):

  1. Tomatobetter flavor fit
  2. Carrotbetter flavor fit
  3. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  4. Shallotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against fennel, mandarin orange, mint, goat cheese. 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).