Name: Sous Vide New York Strip Steaks
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 2 h 45 min
Yield: 2 servings
Ingredients: 2 (12 ounce) New York strip steaks; salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste; 1 teaspoon vegetable oil; 1 tablespoon butter; 1 cup clamshell mushrooms, separated; salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste; 1 teaspoon vegetable oil; 1 clove garlic, crushed; 2 tablespoons water; 1/2 teaspoon balsamic vinegar; 1 tablespoon cold butter; salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

Why it works: Butter and mushroom match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 12,516 recipes mention both. Both carry trans-2-decenal, which smells waxy, orange. 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.

Butter + mushroomtop 3% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together12,516 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).
Mushroom + garlictop 4% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together4,685 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Pepper + garlictop 5% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together27,044 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Garlic + vinegartop 5% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together9,034 recipes

Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).
Pepper + mushroomtop 6% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together13,578 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 garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pepper, butter, mushroom, vinegar):

Thymebetter flavor fit
Parsleyabout as good a flavor fit
Tarragonabout as good a flavor fit
Garlicthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pepper, butter, mushroom, vinegar. 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).

Sous Vide New York Strip Steaks