Why it works: Tomato and onion are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and 20,633 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓
California Club Grilled Burritos
Serves 6Ingredients
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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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Tomato + oniontop 8% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together20,633 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
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Cheese + tomatotop 13% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together2,896 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
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Cheese + turkeytop 15% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together50 recipes
Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
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Turkey + tomatotop 16% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together90 recipes
Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).
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Cheese + oniontop 16% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together4,849 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Flavor stand-ins for the onion
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, cheese, turkey, tomato):
- Capsicumbetter flavor fit
- Lettucebetter flavor fit
- Mustardbetter flavor fit
- Onionthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against flour, cheese, turkey, tomato. 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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