Name: Easy Portobello Mushroom Saute
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 5 min
Yield: 2 servings
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons olive oil, divided; 1 1/2 tablespoons garlic flavored olive oil; 1/4 onion, cut into chunks; 2 portobello mushroom caps, sliced; salt and black pepper to taste; freshly grated Parmesan; freshly grated Asiago cheese

Why it works: Garlic and onion match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and 29,058 recipes mention both. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Easy Portobello Mushroom Saute

2 servings

Prep10 min

Cook5 min

Ingredients

3 tablespoons olive oil, divided
1 1/2 tablespoons garlic flavored olive oil
1/4 onion, cut into chunks
2 portobello mushroom caps, sliced
salt and black pepper to taste
freshly grated Parmesan
freshly grated Asiago cheese

Directions

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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.

Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together25,665 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Garlic + mushroomtop 6% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together4,700 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Olive + mushroomtop 7% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together4,571 recipes

Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).
Garlic + peppertop 8% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together27,090 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, garlic, mushroom, pepper, cheese):

Tomatobetter flavor fit
Spinachbetter flavor fit
Capsicumbetter flavor fit
Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, garlic, mushroom, pepper, cheese. 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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