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Miso, Carrot, and Sesame Dressing

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Miso and carrot work together. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 60 recipes mention both. Both carry acetic acid, which smells sour, vinegar. The science ↓

The recipe

Makes about 1 1/2 cups

Ingredients

Contains: soy, sesame (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. Miso + carrottop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together60 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  2. Miso + sesametop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together121 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  3. Carrot + gingertop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,377 recipes

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

  4. Rice + sesametop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together643 recipes

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

  5. Ginger + sesametop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,531 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

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