Why it works: Olive and garlic are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and 25,665 recipes mention both. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓
Easy Flat Iron Steak in Wine Sauce
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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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Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together25,665 recipes
Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
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Mustard + garlictop 6% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together4,053 recipes
Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
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Garlic + mushroomtop 6% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together4,700 recipes
Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
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Olive + mushroomtop 7% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together4,571 recipes
Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).
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Olive + mustardtop 8% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together5,950 recipes
Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Flavor stand-ins for the mustard
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, pepper, garlic, red wine, mushroom):
- Tomatobetter flavor fit
- Spinachbetter flavor fit
- Capsicumbetter flavor fit
- Mustardthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against olive, pepper, garlic, red wine, mushroom. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).
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