Name: Kale Salad with Pinenuts, Currants and Parmesan
Yield: Makes 6 to 8 servings
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons dried currants; 7 tablespoons white balsamic vinegar, divided; 1 tablespoon unseasoned rice vinegar; 1 tablespoon honey; 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil; 1 teaspoon salt; 2 bunches Tuscan kale (about 1 pound), center ribs and stems removed, leaves thinly sliced crosswise; 2 tablespoons pine nuts, lightly toasted; Parmesan cheese shavings

Why it works: Kale and pine share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 30 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Kale Salad with Pinenuts, Currants and Parmesan

Makes 6 to 8 servings

Ingredients

2 tablespoons dried currants
7 tablespoons white balsamic vinegar, divided
1 tablespoon unseasoned rice vinegar
1 tablespoon honey
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
1 teaspoon salt
2 bunches Tuscan kale (about 1 pound), center ribs and stems removed, leaves thinly sliced crosswise
2 tablespoons pine nuts, lightly toasted
Parmesan cheese shavings

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

556Calories

16 gProtein

41 gFat

39 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Pine Nut	1 oz (28g)	191
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Parmesan Cheese	1 oz (28g)	110
Honey	1 tbsp (21g)	64
Grape	1/2 cup (76g)	62
Spinach	1 cup raw (30g)	7
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Salt	1 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.

By epicurious. 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.

Kale + pinetop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together30 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Olive + pinetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,062 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Rice + olivetop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together4,994 recipes

Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).
Olive + kaletop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together647 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Rice + pinetop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together156 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

Swap the currant

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (vinegar, rice, honey, olive, kale, pine, nuts):

Avocadofits better
Limefits better
Coconutfits better
Currantthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against vinegar, rice, honey, olive, kale, pine, nuts. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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