Garden Supper Casserole

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. Bread + buttertop 7% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together27,232 recipes

   Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

2. Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together81,283 recipes

   Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

3. Bread + cheesetop 7% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together2,130 recipes

   Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

4. Cheese + buttertop 8% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together7,962 recipes

   Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

5. Cheese + milktop 10% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together4,426 recipes

   Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

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

What each ingredient does

Soft bread

Forms the crisp, golden topping and absorbs melted fat for texture.

Cheese

Melts into the topping, adding richness, flavor and browning.

Margarine or butter

Adds fat for flavor and helps the bread topping brown.

All-purpose flour

Thickens the milk mixture into a smooth, bubbly sauce.

Nonfat milk

Forms the liquid base of the sauce that binds the casserole together.

Meat

Adds savory substance and protein-rich bulk to the casserole.

The step that matters

Swap the peas

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (bread, cheese, butter, onion, flour, pepper, milk):

1. Beansfits better
2. Almondfits better
3. Chestnutfits better
4. Peasthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against bread, cheese, butter, onion, flour, pepper, milk. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.