Goveja Juha

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. Carrot + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together8,053 recipes

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

2. Carrot + celerytop 1% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together10,173 recipes

   Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

3. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together29,058 recipes

   Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

4. Celery + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together6,810 recipes

   Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

5. Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together34,122 recipes

   Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

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

What each ingredient does

Lean beef with bone

Provides the main meat flavour and, from the bone, body and richness to the broth.

Soup bone

Releases gelatin and collagen during long simmering, giving the broth body and a fuller mouthfeel.

Onion

Adds sweetness and savoury depth as it softens and releases its sugars into the broth.

Carrots

Contribute natural sweetness and aroma to the broth as they cook slowly.

Celery

Adds a fresh, aromatic background note that rounds out the broth's flavour.

The step that matters

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beef, pepper, onion, garlic, carrot, celery, parsley):

1. Thymefits better
2. Cuminfits better
3. Marjoramfits better
4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against beef, pepper, onion, garlic, carrot, celery, parsley. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.