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Kiwi Pear Chutney

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Why it works: Kiwifruit and pear share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 19 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl isobutyrate, which smells fruity, ethereal. The science ↓

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Contains: tree nuts (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. Kiwifruit + peartop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together19 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  2. Allspice + clovetop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together7,711 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Ginger + clovetop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together5,171 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  4. Ginger + allspicetop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,620 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  5. Pepper + allspicetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together6,395 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the kiwifruit

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pear, walnut, raisin, ginger, pepper, allspice, clove):

  1. Orangebetter flavor fit
  2. Figbetter flavor fit
  3. Cherrybetter flavor fit
  4. Kiwifruitthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pear, walnut, raisin, ginger, pepper, allspice, clove. 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).