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Guinness BBQ Sauce

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Star anise and sauce work together. They rank in the top 18% of all ingredient pairs, and 72 recipes mention both. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

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Makes about 2 1/2 cups

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By epicurious. 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Star anise + saucetop 18% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together72 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Ketchup + saucetop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,099 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Star anise + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together268 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  4. Mustard + peppertop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together15,427 recipes

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

  5. Mustard + saucetop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together2,120 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the star anise

The recipe marks star anise as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (ketchup, mustard, honey, pepper, sauce):

  1. Celerybetter flavor fit
  2. Tarragonbetter flavor fit
  3. Gingerbetter flavor fit
  4. Star anisethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against ketchup, mustard, honey, pepper, sauce. 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).