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Scottish Butter Tablet

"This is an amazingly good traditional Scottish confection, like a dulce de leche fudge."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Scottish Butter Tablet

Why it works: Cream and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and 41,516 recipes mention both. Both carry delta-dodecalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Scottish Butter Tablet

12 servings
Prep5 min
Cook30 min

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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. Cream + buttertop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together41,516 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  2. Sugar + vanillatop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together35,032 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  3. Cream + sugartop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together43,450 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

  4. Condensed milk + sugartop 11% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together804 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Condensed milk + creamtop 14% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together416 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

Sugar and vanilla share little aroma chemistry, yet 35,032 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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