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Ingredients: 2 cups granulated sugar 2 cups butter 2 cups chopped meat; 2 cups butter 2 cups chopped meat; 2 cups chopped meat; 1 cup cleaned currants 6 1 cup stale bread crumbs ? 10 eggs; 1 cup stale bread crumbs ? 10 eggs; 4 saltspoons 3 teaspoons 16 tablespoons 2 gills 1 wine glass } 2 table; 3 teaspoons 16 tablespoons 2 gills 1 wine glass } 2 tablespoons butter; 16 tablespoons 2 gills 1 wine glass } 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons; 2 gills 1 wine glass } 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons granulated sugar; 1 wine glass } 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons granulated sugar 4 cups; 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons granulated sugar 4 cups sifted pastry tlo; 2 tablespoons granulated sugar 4 cups sifted pastry tlour 3v5 cups sifted fl; 4 cups sifted pastry tlour 3v5 cups sifted flour 6 tablespoons sifted flour; 6 tablespoons sifted flour 2 cups granulated sugar 2 cups butter 2 cups ch; 2 cups rice 1 cup corn meal 6 1 cup stemmed raisins 6 1 cup cleaned curran; 1 cup corn meal 6 1 cup stemmed raisins 6 1 cup cleaned currants 6 1 cup s; 1 cup stemmed raisins 6 1 cup cleaned currants 6 1 cup stale bread crumbs ?; 10 eggs; 12 saltspoon teaspoon tablespoon cup cup gill ounce ounce poun

Why it works: Butter and bread are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 27,232 recipes. Both carry delta-decalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

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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.

Butter + breadtop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together27,232 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).
Butter + flourtop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together124,287 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Butter + winetop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together8,645 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).
Bread + eggtop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together22,662 recipes

Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).
Currant + winetop 14% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together1,323 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

Butter and flour barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 124,287 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, butter, meat, bread, egg, wine, flour):

Raisinfits better
Vanillafits better
Figfits better
Currantthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, butter, meat, bread, egg, wine, flour. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Rice	1 cup cooked (158g) white	206
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Corn	1/2 cup kernels (82g)	77
Grape	1/2 cup (76g)	62
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Wine	2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)	25
Meat	not in our table	0
Pastry	not in our table	0

Table of Measure

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