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Cool Cucumber Molded Salad

"Yummy cool cucumber molded salad. We have this in the winter and it is so refreshing."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Cool Cucumber Molded Salad

Why it works: Cucumber and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 649 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Cool Cucumber Molded Salad

6 servings
Prep20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

157Calories
7 gProtein
6 gFat
21 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot 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. Cucumber + limetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together649 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Cucumber + vinegartop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,734 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyl acetate (fruit).

  3. Sugar + vinegartop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,806 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  4. Lime + vinegartop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,044 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Cucumber + sugartop 26% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,112 recipes

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

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

Swap the lime

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cucumber, sugar, vinegar):

  1. Cherryfits better
  2. Avocadofits better
  3. Plumfits about as well
  4. Limethe original

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