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Cheesy Butternut Squash Enchiladas

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Why it works: Butternut squash and garlic work together. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and 476 recipes mention both. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

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Serves 6

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By biggirlssmallkitchen. 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. Butternut squash + garlictop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together476 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together29,030 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Pepper + limetop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,491 recipes

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

  4. Olive + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together23,449 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Pepper + garlictop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together27,044 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 safflower

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butternut squash, onion, olive, pepper, sauce, garlic, lime):

  1. Corianderbetter flavor fit
  2. Cuminbetter flavor fit
  3. Thymebetter flavor fit
  4. Safflowerthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butternut squash, onion, olive, pepper, sauce, garlic, lime. 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).