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Flavored Butters

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Flavored Butters

Why it works: Orange and berry work together. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 38 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Flavored Butters

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

262Calories
2 gProtein
12 gFat
40 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Strawberry Jam1 cup (152g)49
Berrynot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Orange + berrytop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together38 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  2. Butter + sugartop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together98,233 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Butter + strawberry jamtop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together170 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  4. Sugar + orangetop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together19,212 recipes

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

  5. Sugar + berrytop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together146 recipes

    Shared aroma: phenylacetaldehyde (hawthorne, honey).

Sugar and orange barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 19,212 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the strawberry jam

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, sugar, orange, berry):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Lemonfits better
  3. Blueberryfits better
  4. Strawberry jamthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, sugar, orange, berry. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.