Why it works: Sauce and mustard are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and 2,120 recipes mention both. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓
The recipe
6 servingsIngredients
Contains: egg, soy, fish (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)
Directions
Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.
Finely chop the scallions, parsley, green olives, celery and capers (if using) so they are small and even.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the mayonnaise, chili sauce, Creole mustard, olive oil, lemon juice and Worcestershire sauce until smooth.
Add the hot sauce, minced garlic, chili powder, salt and ground black pepper, and whisk again to combine.
Fold in the chopped scallions, parsley, olives, celery and capers, if using.
Taste and adjust the hot sauce and salt as desired.
Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes so the flavors blend before serving cold.
Explore the science
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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Sauce + mustardtop 6% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together2,120 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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Lemon + parsleytop 1% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together14,036 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
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Parsley + celerytop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together6,805 recipes
Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
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Parsley + peppertop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together34,118 recipes
Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
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Lemon + peppertop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together27,039 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Flavor stand-ins for the mustard
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sauce, olive, lemon, parsley, celery, garlic, pepper):
- Tomatobetter flavor fit
- Carrotbetter flavor fit
- Capsicumbetter flavor fit
- Mustardthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against sauce, olive, lemon, parsley, celery, garlic, pepper. 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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