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Lobster and Potato Salad

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Why it works: Potato and lobster work together. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and 58 recipes mention both. Both carry sotolon, which smells curry, maple. The science ↓

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Ingredients

Contains: egg, shellfish (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

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By smittenkitchen. 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Potato + lobstertop 15% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together58 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  2. Champagne + white winetop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together74 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  3. Garlic + olivetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together23,449 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Potato + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,512 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  5. Potato + olivetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together5,688 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the mustard

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, champagne, garlic, egg, pepper, olive, white wine):

  1. Tomatobetter flavor fit
  2. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  3. Onionbetter flavor fit
  4. Mustardthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against potato, champagne, garlic, egg, pepper, olive, 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).