Why it works: Tofu and bonito work together. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and 13 recipes mention both. Both carry (z)-4-heptenal, which smells biscuit, cream. The science ↓
The recipe
Ingredients
Contains: wheat, soy, fish (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)
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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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Tofu + bonitotop 6% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together13 recipes
Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
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Sake + gingertop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together114 recipes
Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).
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Tofu + gingertop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together284 recipes
Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
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Fish + potatotop 6% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together134 recipes
Shared aroma: (e,z)-2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, melon).
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Potato + tofutop 7% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together62 recipes
Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
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