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Buttermilk Ranch Dressing

I must admit that I thought I had never had buttermilk. It sounds gross and fattening, and when I think of buttermilk I picture Michael Seaver’s face from “Growing Pains”. Anyway, if you’ve ever had a “Cool Ranch Dorito” then you have tasted buttermilk. It is tangy and smells kind of funny but it adds so much (good) flavour; it’s incredible and man does this dressing rock!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Buttermilk Ranch Dressing

Why it works: Mustard and dill match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 560 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Buttermilk Ranch Dressing

Serves 8
Prep5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

260Calories
26 gProtein
9 gFat
20 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By tastykitchen. 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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Mustard + dilltop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together560 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  2. Garlic + mustardtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,053 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Clove + mustardtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,829 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyleugenol (clove, spice).

  4. Clove + dilltop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together187 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  5. Garlic + dilltop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together943 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream, buttermilk, garlic, mustard, dill):

  1. Tarragonfits better
  2. Capersfits better
  3. Parsleyfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cream, buttermilk, garlic, mustard, dill. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.