Why it works: Avocado and blue cheese work together. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and 44 recipes mention both. Both carry nonanal, which smells fat, citrus. The science ↓
The recipe
2 saladsIngredients
Contains: milk (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.
Divide the mixed salad greens evenly between two plates or bowls.
Arrange the sliced avocado and the red seedless grapes over the greens on each salad.
Sprinkle the shredded Mexican four-cheese blend evenly over both salads.
Just before serving, drizzle the blue cheese salad dressing over each salad.
Explore the science
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.
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Avocado + blue cheesetop 9% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together44 recipes
Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).
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Cheese + blue cheesetop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together61 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
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Grape + blue cheesetop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together37 recipes
Shared aroma: damascenone (apple, rose).
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Cheese + grapetop 6% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together228 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
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Cheese + avocadotop 10% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together363 recipes
Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).
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