Why it works: Arugula and grapefruit work together. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and 4 recipes mention both. Both carry trans-2-hexenal, which smells green, leafy. The science ↓
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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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Arugula + grapefruittop 14% of all pairsAroma overlaplowMentioned together4 recipes
Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).
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Lime + avocadotop 1% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together1,117 recipes
Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).
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Lime + minttop 1% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together846 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
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Quinoa + avocadotop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together54 recipes
Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
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Lime + peppertop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together3,491 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Flavor stand-ins for the shallot
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (quinoa, lime, olive, honey, garlic, pepper, mint):
- Tomatobetter flavor fit
- Capsicumbetter flavor fit
- Spinachbetter flavor fit
- Shallotthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against quinoa, lime, olive, honey, garlic, pepper, mint. 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).
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