Why it works: Buckwheat and mushroom share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 27 recipes mention both. Both carry trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓
The recipe
Serves 4.Ingredients
Contains: egg, milk, wheat (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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Buckwheat + mushroomtop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together27 recipes
Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).
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Flour + buckwheattop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together651 recipes
Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
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Mushroom + shiitaketop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together552 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
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Olive + mushroomtop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together4,057 recipes
Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).
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Milk + mushroomtop 5% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together2,230 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-hexanal (fruit).
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