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Sake Mushrooms

Going through a stack of papers in my kitchen I found a note to myself, a recipe to try. The note simply said: big mushrooms, dunk in sake, dredge in rice flour, sauté, salt, dot with miso butter.

By 101cookbooks · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Sake Mushrooms

Why it works: Miso and sesame work together. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 121 recipes. Both carry acetic acid, which smells sour, vinegar. The science ↓

Sake Mushrooms

Prep5 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

970Calories
22 gProtein
28 gFat
148 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Sake1 oz (30ml)39
Miso1 tbsp (18g)34
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Toasted Sesame Seednot in our table0

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

By 101cookbooks. 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. Miso + sesametop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together121 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  2. Rice + sesametop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together984 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  3. Flour + misotop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together41 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Olive + sesametop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,111 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Rice + olivetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,994 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

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