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Caribbean Corn and Apple Salad

"A lite salad great for the summer to accompany your BBQ favorites."

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Caribbean Corn and Apple Salad

Why it works: Pepper and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,491 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Caribbean Corn and Apple Salad

6 servings
Prep15 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

278Calories
10 gProtein
7 gFat
49 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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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. Pepper + limetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,491 recipes

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

  2. Corn + limetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together773 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Corn + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,324 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  4. Vinegar + peppertop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,814 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  5. Corn + appletop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together330 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 apple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (corn, vinegar, pepper, lime):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Mangofits better
  3. Lemonfits better
  4. Applethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against corn, vinegar, pepper, lime. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.