Honey Walnut Dressing

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. Raisin + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together5,390 recipes

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

2. Rice + cinnamontop 4% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together2,137 recipes

   Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

3. Rice + chickentop 5% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together4,769 recipes

   Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).

4. Celery + walnuttop 6% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together852 recipes

   Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

5. Walnut + cinnamontop 6% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together2,147 recipes

   Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

What each ingredient does

Rice

Provides the bulk of the stuffing and absorbs the flavors of the other ingredients.

Honey

Adds sweetness and helps the stuffing brown lightly during cooking.

Walnuts

Add crunch and a toasty, rich flavor that contrasts with the soft rice.

Raisins

Add chewy texture and concentrated sweetness.

Butter or margarine

Adds fat for richness and helps soften the onion and celery.

Swap the raisin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (onion, celery, butter, rice, chicken, walnut, cinnamon):

1. Coconutfits better
2. Avocadofits better
3. Lemonfits better
4. Raisinthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against onion, celery, butter, rice, chicken, walnut, cinnamon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.