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Kiwifruit, Apple & Grape Salad with Rosemary Syrup

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Why it works: Apple and grape match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and 1,656 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells green bell pepper, earthy. The science ↓

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By williamssonoma. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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.

  1. Apple + grapetop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,656 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  2. Kiwifruit + grapetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together52 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, green).

  3. Kiwifruit + appletop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together50 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  4. Rosemary + grapetop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together121 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1,8-cineol (eucalyptus, camphor).

  5. Sugar + appletop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together16,440 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

Sugar and apple share little aroma chemistry, yet 16,440 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