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Mushroom & Sage Cornbread Stuffing

When you think of stuffing you may think of the kind that’s cooked inside of a chicken or turkey cavity. In my household we make it as a side dish. It’s a family favorite!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Mushroom & Sage Cornbread Stuffing

Why it works: Flour and buttermilk are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,721 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Mushroom & Sage Cornbread Stuffing

Serves 6
Prep8 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

820Calories
34 gProtein
16 gFat
137 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Sage1 tsp ground (0.7g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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

By tastykitchen. 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. Flour + buttermilktop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,721 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Mushroom + oniontop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,626 recipes

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

  3. Corn + mushroomtop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together399 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  4. Onion + sagetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,628 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Corn + sagetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together143 recipes

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

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, corn, egg, buttermilk, mushroom, sage):

  1. Chivefits better
  2. Sweet potatofits better
  3. Shallotfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, corn, egg, buttermilk, mushroom, sage. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.