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Radishes with Creamy Anchovy Butter

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Why it works: Butter and anchovy are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and 3,672 recipes mention both. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

The recipe

Makes 8 (hors d’oeuvre) servings

Ingredients

Contains: milk, fish (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. Butter + anchovytop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together3,672 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Garlic + radishtop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together198 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-hexanol (resin, flower).

  3. Anchovy + garlictop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together607 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Garlic + lemontop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together8,862 recipes

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

  5. Lemon + radishtop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together174 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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