Why it works: Garlic and gruyere cheese work together. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and 115 recipes mention both. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓
The recipe
16 3-inch tartletsIngredients
Contains: egg, milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)
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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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Garlic + gruyere cheesetop 10% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together115 recipes
Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
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Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together29,030 recipes
Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
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White wine + gruyere cheesetop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together55 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl pentanoate (yeast, fruit).
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Mushroom + white winetop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together1,704 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity).
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Olive + garlictop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together23,449 recipes
Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Flavor stand-ins for the garlic
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, onion, butter, mushroom, thyme, pepper, white wine):
- Garlicthe original
- Marjoramabout as good a flavor fit
- Parsleyabout as good a flavor fit
- Rosemaryabout as good a flavor fit
Fit is the average pairing score against olive, onion, butter, mushroom, thyme, pepper, white wine. 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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