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Bison Burgers with Bacon & Blue Cheese

When GoodBite asked me to participate in the an "adventure ingredient" challenge, I was like "adventure!? HELL YEAH! bring it on baby!" For days, I was dreaming of being challenged to make tempura ...

By steamykitchen · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Bison and blue cheese share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and 3 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-nonanone, which smells fruity, floral. The science ↓

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By steamykitchen. 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. Bison + blue cheesetop 15% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).

  2. Arugula + mustardtop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together158 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  3. Pepper + mustardtop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together15,427 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Blue cheese + peppertop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together370 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  5. Blue cheese + mustardtop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together102 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the arugula

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (bison, blue cheese, pepper, mustard):

  1. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  2. Lettucebetter flavor fit
  3. Onionbetter flavor fit
  4. Arugulathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against bison, blue cheese, pepper, mustard. 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).