Why it works: Tamarind and nutmeg share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and 19 recipes mention both. Both carry myrcene, which smells balsamic, herbaceous. 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.
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Tamarind + nutmegtop 7% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together19 recipes
Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).
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Beef + porktop 1% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together5,669 recipes
Shared aroma: 3-ethylphenol (must).
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Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together29,030 recipes
Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
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Onion + beeftop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together17,091 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
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Thyme + nutmegtop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together1,907 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Flavor stand-ins for the thyme
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (onion, garlic, rum, honey, tamarind, beef, sugar):
- Gingerbetter flavor fit
- Cinnamonbetter flavor fit
- Cuminbetter flavor fit
- Thymethe original
Fit is the average pairing score against onion, garlic, rum, honey, tamarind, beef, sugar. 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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