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Buttermilk Chive Biscuits

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Why it works: Sugar and chive work together. They rank in the top 19% of all ingredient pairs, and 467 recipes mention both. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

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

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By williamssonoma. 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. Sugar + chivetop 19% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together467 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  2. Flour + buttermilktop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together3,667 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Buttermilk + chivetop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together83 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  4. Flour + buttertop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together122,858 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Sugar + buttermilktop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,973 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

Flour and butter share little aroma chemistry, yet 122,858 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