Name: Black Radish with Goose Fat
Ingredients: 2-3 black radishes; 1 onion; 1 tblsps goose fat; salt

Why it works: Radish and onion match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 323 recipes. Both carry acetal, which smells cream, earthy. The science ↓

Black Radish with Goose Fat

Ingredients

2-3 black radishes
1 onion
1 tblsps goose fat
salt

Directions

Prepare

Peel and wash the black radish in cold water, then shred it with a shredder.

Make the dish

Peel and grate the onion, mix with the black radish, moisten with melted goose fat and add the salt to taste.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

44Calories

1 gProtein

0 gFat

10 gCarbs

Counts 2 of 3 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 2 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Goose	not in our table	0

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

Recipe from the Recipes Wiki (Fandom).

Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

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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.

Radish + oniontop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together323 recipes

Shared aroma: acetal (cream, earthy).

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

What each ingredient does

Black radishes: Provide the main body and sharp, peppery bite of the salad.
Onion: Adds sharpness and aroma that balance the radish's pungency.
Goose fat: Adds richness and moisture, coating the shreds and softening their bite.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.