Why it works: Turnip and arugula work together. They rank in the top 24% of all ingredient pairs, and 3 recipes mention both. Both carry cis-3-hexenal, which smells green, grassy. The science ↓
The recipe
Serves 4Ingredients
Contains: milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)
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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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Turnip + arugulatop 24% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together3 recipes
Shared aroma: cis-3-hexenal (green, grassy).
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Carrot + parsniptop 1% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together1,096 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).
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Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together29,030 recipes
Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
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Turnip + parsniptop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together589 recipes
Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
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Carrot + turniptop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together8,001 recipes
Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Flavor stand-ins for the sweet potato
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (carrot, turnip, parsnip, onion, garlic, olive, thyme):
- Potatobetter flavor fit
- Leekbetter flavor fit
- Tomatobetter flavor fit
- Sweet potatothe original
Fit is the average pairing score against carrot, turnip, parsnip, onion, garlic, olive, thyme. 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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