Name: Cheesy Brown Butter Skillet Cornbread
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 35 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 2 cups Coarse Ground Cornmeal; 1 cup All-purpose Flour; 1-½ teaspoon Fine Sea Salt; 2 teaspoons Baking Powder; ¾ teaspoons Baking Soda; ½ teaspoons Ground Cayenne Pepper; ¼ teaspoons Black Pepper; 1-½ cup Buttermilk; ⅓ cups Granulated Sugar; 3 whole Large Eggs; ½ cups Monterey Jack Cheese, Grated; ½ cups Sharp White Cheddar Cheese, Grated; 2 Tablespoons Parmesan Cheese, Grated; 1 cup Frozen Corn Kernels, Thawed; 1 Tablespoon Fresh Sage Leaves, Chopped; ½ cups Unsalted Butter

Why it works: Cheddar cheese and parmesan cheese match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 592 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

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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.

Cheddar cheese + parmesan cheesetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together592 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
Cheese + cheddar cheesetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together984 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Cheese + parmesan cheesetop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,041 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
Flour + buttermilktop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together3,721 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Buttermilk + sugartop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,973 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Cheddar Cheese	1 oz (28g)	113
Parmesan Cheese	1 oz (28g)	110
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Corn	1/2 cup kernels (82g)	77
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Cayenne	1 tsp (1.8g)	6
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Sage	1 tsp ground (0.7g)	2
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

Cheesy Brown Butter Skillet Cornbread