Why it works: Goat cheese and fig share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 35 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. 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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Goat cheese + figtop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together35 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
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Thyme + peppertop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together11,585 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
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Butter + goat cheesetop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together183 recipes
Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).
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Thyme + figtop 6% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together51 recipes
Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).
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Goat cheese + thymetop 6% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together111 recipes
Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).
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