Why it works: Fennel and grapefruit share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 18 recipes mention both. Both carry myrcene, which smells balsamic, herbaceous. The science ↓
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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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Fennel + grapefruittop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together18 recipes
Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).
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Fennel + lemontop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together723 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
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Grapefruit + lemontop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together183 recipes
Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).
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Grapefruit + avocadotop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together55 recipes
Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).
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Avocado + olivetop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together1,376 recipes
Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).
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 (fennel, grapefruit, avocado, lemon, olive):
- Tomatobetter flavor fit
- Lettucebetter flavor fit
- Capsicumbetter flavor fit
- Onionthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against fennel, grapefruit, avocado, lemon, olive. 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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