Why it works: Sugar and carrot are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and 4,211 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓
The recipe
4 servingsIngredients
Contains: egg, milk (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.
Pull the strings from the sugar snap peas and trim the ends, then cut each pea in half on the diagonal.
Put the sugar snap peas, halved cherry tomatoes, grated carrots and chopped red onion in a large bowl and toss to combine.
In a small bowl, stir together the mayonnaise, grated Parmesan cheese, dried oregano, dried parsley, dried rosemary, and the pinch of salt and pepper until smooth.
Pour the dressing over the vegetables and toss until everything is evenly coated.
Cover and chill for about 10 minutes so the flavors blend, then toss once more and serve.
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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Sugar + carrottop 17% of all pairsAroma overlaplowMentioned together4,211 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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Carrot + parsleytop 1% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together8,053 recipes
Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).
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Oregano + parsleytop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together1,184 recipes
Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
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Carrot + oreganotop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together535 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
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Peas + carrottop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together2,994 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Flavor stand-ins for the cherry tomato
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, peas, carrot, onion, parmesan cheese, oregano, parsley):
- Lemonbetter flavor fit
- Limebetter flavor fit
- Cherrybetter flavor fit
- Cherry tomatothe original
Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, peas, carrot, onion, parmesan cheese, oregano, parsley. 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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