Why it works: Mushroom and buckwheat share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 27 recipes mention both. Both carry trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓
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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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Mushroom + buckwheattop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together27 recipes
Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).
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Mushroom + olivetop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together4,057 recipes
Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).
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Onion + olivetop 5% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together26,431 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl butyrate (apple, fruity).
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Olive + buckwheattop 5% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together67 recipes
Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).
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Onion + mushroomtop 6% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together10,619 recipes
Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
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 (mushroom, olive, buckwheat):
- Tomatobetter flavor fit
- Capsicumbetter flavor fit
- Potatobetter flavor fit
- Onionthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against mushroom, olive, buckwheat. 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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