Why it works: Pomegranate and butternut squash share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 17 recipes mention both. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓
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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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Pomegranate + butternut squashtop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together17 recipes
Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
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Cinnamon + nutmegtop 1% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together11,917 recipes
Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
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Agar + butternut squashtop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together1 recipe
Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
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Pomegranate + cinnamontop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together94 recipes
Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).
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Cinnamon + appletop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together5,586 recipes
Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Flavor stand-ins for the nutmeg
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pomegranate, sugar, agar, butternut squash, cinnamon, honey, apple):
- Nutmegthe original
- Cardamomabout as good a flavor fit
- Gingerabout as good a flavor fit
Fit is the average pairing score against pomegranate, sugar, agar, butternut squash, cinnamon, honey, apple. 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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