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Morels in a Cream Sauce

Perfect for Spring!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Mushroom and cream are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and 4,500 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-heptanol, which smells bitter, floral. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 6
Prep10 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

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By tastykitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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 + creamtop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together4,500 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptanol (bitter, floral).

  2. White wine + sherrytop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together301 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  3. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together29,030 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  4. Mushroom + white winetop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,704 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity).

  5. Mushroom + sherrytop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,176 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-methylphenol (smoky, clove).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the peas

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (mushroom, onion, garlic, white wine, sherry, flour, cream):

  1. Beansabout as good a flavor fit
  2. Sesameabout as good a flavor fit
  3. Peasthe original
  4. Peanutabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against mushroom, onion, garlic, white wine, sherry, flour, cream. 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).