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Florentines

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Florentines

Why it works: Almond and flour are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 8,673 recipes mention both. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Florentines

Makes about 2 dozen cookies

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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.

  1. Almond + flourtop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together8,673 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Almond + orangetop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together3,125 recipes

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

  3. Cream + buttertop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together41,516 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  4. Cream + sugartop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together43,450 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

  5. Butter + almondtop 11% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together9,245 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the orange

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream, sugar, butter, almond, flour):

  1. Vanillabetter flavor fit
  2. Raisinbetter flavor fit
  3. Coconutbetter flavor fit
  4. Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cream, sugar, butter, almond, flour. 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).