Name: Guacamole Taquero: Taco-Shop Guacamole
Yield: Makes 2 cups
Ingredients: 1/2 pound tomatillos (5 or 6), husked, rinsed, and coarsely chopped; 6 large (about 3 1/2 inches long) fresh epazote leaves or cilantro; 2 small garlic cloves, peeled and coarsely chopped; 1/4 cup coarsely chopped white onion; 2 fresh serrano or jalapeño chiles, coarsely chopped, including seeds, or more to taste; 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lime juice, or more to taste; 1/2 teaspoon fine salt, or 1 teaspoon kosher salt; 1 small ripe Mexican Hass avocado, halved and pitted

Why it works: Epazote and lime work together. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 8 recipes mention both. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

The recipe

Makes 2 cups

Ingredients

1/2 pound tomatillos (5 or 6), husked, rinsed, and coarsely chopped
6 large (about 3 1/2 inches long) fresh epazote leaves or cilantro
2 small garlic cloves, peeled and coarsely chopped
1/4 cup coarsely chopped white onion
2 fresh serrano or jalapeño chiles, coarsely chopped, including seeds, or more to taste
1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lime juice, or more to taste
1/2 teaspoon fine salt, or 1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 small ripe Mexican Hass avocado, halved and pitted

Directions

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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.

Epazote + limetop 4% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together8 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Lime + avocadotop 1% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together1,117 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).
Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together29,030 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Onion + avocadotop 4% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together1,653 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
Garlic + limetop 6% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together3,411 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 epazote

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (garlic, onion, lime, avocado):

Corianderbetter flavor fit
Cuminbetter flavor fit
Jalapenobetter flavor fit
Epazotethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against garlic, onion, lime, avocado. 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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