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Zucchilattas

"This is a great way to use some of the fresh garden vegetables abundant at this time of year. Plenty of zucchini, mushrooms and tomato are wrapped in warm tortillas and drowned in melted cheddar cheese."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Zucchilattas

Why it works: Mushroom and tomato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and 2,719 recipes mention both. Both carry 1-octen-3-one, which smells mushroom, metallic. The science ↓

Zucchilattas

10 servings
Prep15 min
Cook20 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. Mushroom + tomatotop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together2,719 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  2. Butter + mushroomtop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together12,525 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  3. Tomato + peppertop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together17,923 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Onion + tomatotop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together20,633 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  5. Butter + cheesetop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together7,962 recipes

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

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

Flavor stand-ins for the onion

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

  1. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  2. Spinachbetter flavor fit
  3. Potatobetter flavor fit
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, mushroom, tomato, pepper, cheese, flour. 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).