Why it works: Miso and corn work together. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and 10 recipes mention both. Both carry 2,3-pentanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓
The recipe
1/2 cup white miso butterIngredients
Contains: milk, soy (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)
Directions
Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.
Place the softened butter and white miso in a bowl and mash together with a fork until smooth and evenly combined.
If the corn is not yet cooked, bring a pan of water to a boil, add the corn, and cook for about 5 minutes until tender, then drain.
Hold the hot corn on the cob and spread the white miso butter over it while the corn is still warm so the butter melts into the kernels.
Serve the corn immediately, with any remaining miso butter on the side.
Explore the science
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.
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Miso + corntop 7% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together10 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).
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Butter + corntop 6% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together7,333 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).
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Miso + buttertop 10% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together44 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).
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