Why it works: Pumpkin and cranberry work together. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and 26 recipes mention both. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓
The recipe
Serves 8Ingredients
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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.
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Pumpkin + cranberrytop 7% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together26 recipes
Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
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Cinnamon + nutmegtop 1% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together11,917 recipes
Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
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Cinnamon + cranberrytop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together116 recipes
Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).
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Cinnamon + pumpkintop 3% of all pairsAroma overlaplowMentioned together1,744 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
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Corn + cinnamontop 6% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together647 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).
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