Why it works: Pasta and mustard match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 195 recipes mention both. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. 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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Pasta + mustardtop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together195 recipes
Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
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Pasta + olivetop 5% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together2,227 recipes
Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).
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Mustard + oniontop 6% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together9,259 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
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Vinegar + mustardtop 7% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together14,067 recipes
Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
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Olive + mustardtop 8% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together5,950 recipes
Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
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 (pasta, olive, red wine, vinegar, mustard, pepper, onion):
- Lentilsbetter flavor fit
- Chickpeabetter flavor fit
- Beansbetter flavor fit
- Peasthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against pasta, olive, red wine, vinegar, mustard, pepper, onion. 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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