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Beet Salad with Goat Cheese

This substantial, 5-star salad features a sweet and tangy balsamic dressing.

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Beet Salad with Goat Cheese

Why it works: Walnut and olive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,087 recipes. Both carry 2-undecenal, which smells sweet. The science ↓

Beet Salad with Goat Cheese

6 servings
Prep5 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

400Calories
9 gProtein
25 gFat
38 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Goat Cheese1 oz (28g)103
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Beet1/2 cup (85g)35
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Saladnot 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. Walnut + olivetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,087 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  2. Olive + goat cheesetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together573 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

  3. Orange + olivetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,456 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  4. Vinegar + olivetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together12,297 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

  5. Walnut + orangetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

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

Swap the orange

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (walnut, maple syrup, vinegar, olive, goat cheese):

  1. Figfits better
  2. Cherryfits better
  3. Grapefits better
  4. Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against walnut, maple syrup, vinegar, olive, goat cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.