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Creamed Pearl Onions

A perfect side dish for any day of the week, but even more special on holidays such as Thanksgiving or Christmas.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Creamed Pearl Onions

Why it works: Clove and nutmeg match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and 8,686 recipes mention both. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Creamed Pearl Onions

Serves 10
Prep5 min
Cook25 min

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

  1. Clove + nutmegtop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together8,686 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Clove + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together17,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  4. Nutmeg + peppertop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together13,015 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  5. Garlic + peppertop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together27,090 recipes

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

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

Flavor stand-ins for the nutmeg

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (onion, cream, clove, garlic, sherry, wine, pepper):

  1. Thymebetter flavor fit
  2. Rosemaryabout as good a flavor fit
  3. Parsleyabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Nutmegthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against onion, cream, clove, garlic, sherry, wine, pepper. 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).