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Strawberry and Rhubarb Crumble

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Vanilla and rhubarb match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 276 recipes mention both. Both carry methyl cinnamate, which smells strawberry. The science ↓

The recipe

Makes 8 servings

Ingredients

Contains: milk, wheat, tree nuts (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.

  1. Vanilla + rhubarbtop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together276 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  2. Oats + vanillatop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,532 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, creamy).

  3. Butter + creamtop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together41,494 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  4. Sugar + vanillatop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together35,031 recipes

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

  5. Hazelnut + rhubarbtop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together15 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

Sugar and vanilla share little aroma chemistry, yet 35,031 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

Flavor stand-ins for the hazelnut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, sugar, butter, oats, vanilla, rhubarb, cream):

  1. Almondbetter flavor fit
  2. Hazelnutthe original
  3. Pecansabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Chestnutabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, sugar, butter, oats, vanilla, rhubarb, cream. 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).