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Kale Salad with Dates, Parmesan and Almonds

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Kale Salad with Dates, Parmesan and Almonds

Why it works: Shallot and kale share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 42 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Kale Salad with Dates, Parmesan and Almonds

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

400Calories
13 gProtein
22 gFat
44 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Date1 date (24g) medjool66
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
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.

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.

  1. Shallot + kaletop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together42 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Kale + almondtop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together59 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Lemon + peppertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  4. Lemon + kaletop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together226 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Shallot + almondtop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together75 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 dates

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lemon, shallot, honey, pepper, kale, olive, almond):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Avocadofits better
  3. Cherryfits better
  4. Datesthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against lemon, shallot, honey, pepper, kale, olive, almond. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.