Why it works: Tomato and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 17,913 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓
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Ingredients
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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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Tomato + peppertop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together17,913 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
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Lettuce + tomatotop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together1,654 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
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Lettuce + peppertop 6% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together4,037 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
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Pepper + blue cheesetop 7% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together370 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
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Tomato + meattop 8% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together1,431 recipes
Shared aroma: 3-methylbutanol (malty, whiskey).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Flavor stand-ins for the lettuce
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (tomato, meat, potato chip, pepper, blue cheese):
- Capsicumbetter flavor fit
- Potatobetter flavor fit
- Onionbetter flavor fit
- Lettucethe original
Fit is the average pairing score against tomato, meat, potato chip, pepper, blue cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).
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