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Creamy Grits with Rosemary Bacon

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Rosemary and milk match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and 305 recipes mention both. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

The recipe

Makes 4 servings

Ingredients

Contains: milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

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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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Rosemary + milktop 14% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together305 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Milk + buttertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together81,222 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  3. Rosemary + buttertop 16% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,095 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl decanoate (grape, waxy).

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