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Napa Cabbage Rolls with Israeli Couscous, Chanterelles and a Spicy Pumpkin Seed Broth

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Why it works: Pumpkin and sesame work together. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and 112 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol, which smells clove, smoky. The science ↓

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Contains: milk, wheat, tree nuts, soy, sesame (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.

  1. Pumpkin + sesametop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together112 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

  2. Carrot + celerytop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together10,172 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  3. Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together29,030 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  4. Ginger + carrottop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,377 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  5. Garlic + tomatotop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together14,075 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the ginger

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (garlic, thyme, tomato, carrot, leek, celery, onion):

  1. Parsleybetter flavor fit
  2. Marjorambetter flavor fit
  3. Basilbetter flavor fit
  4. Gingerthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against garlic, thyme, tomato, carrot, leek, celery, onion. 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).