Veal Pie

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. Onion + potatotop 3% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together9,023 recipes

   Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

2. Carrot + potatotop 4% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together3,107 recipes

   Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

3. Onion + carrottop 6% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together21,601 recipes

   Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

4. Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together41,516 recipes

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

5. Butter + flourtop 12% of all pairs
   Smell alikelow
   Cooked together124,287 recipes

   Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

What each ingredient does

Veal

Provides the meat base, which becomes tender during the long simmer in water.

Flour

Cooked in butter to form a roux that thickens the cream into a smooth sauce.

Sweet cream

Adds richness and body to the filling, making it creamy rather than watery.

Potatoes

Soften in the simmering liquid and add starch and body to the filling.

Butter

Adds fat and flavor, and helps start the roux with the flour.

The step that matters

Swap the blackberry

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (veal, onion, carrot, butter, potato, flour, cream):

1. Coconutfits better
2. Avocadofits better
3. Lemonfits better
4. Blackberrythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against veal, onion, carrot, butter, potato, flour, cream. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.