Why it works: Yogurt and red wine work together. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and 53 recipes mention both. Both carry isoamyl acetate, which smells banana, fruity. The science ↓
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Contains: milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)
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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.
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Yogurt + red winetop 8% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together53 recipes
Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).
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Lemon + thymetop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together3,973 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
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Vanilla + rumtop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together727 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
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Rum + red winetop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together23 recipes
Shared aroma: eugenol (clove, spicy).
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Sugar + vanillatop 3% of all pairsAroma overlaplowMentioned together35,031 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
Sugar and vanilla share little aroma chemistry, yet 35,031 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
Flavor stand-ins for the beans
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (yogurt, sugar, gelatin, vanilla, rum, lemon, thyme):
- Almondabout as good a flavor fit
- Beansthe original
- Chestnutabout as good a flavor fit
- Pistachioabout as good a flavor fit
Fit is the average pairing score against yogurt, sugar, gelatin, vanilla, rum, lemon, thyme. 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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