Somerset Rice

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. Rice + nutmegtop 9% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together1,779 recipes

   Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

2. Rice + buttertop 16% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together9,645 recipes

   Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

3. Butter + nutmegtop 16% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together24,377 recipes

   Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

4. Nutmeg + curranttop 16% of all pairs
   Smell alikelow
   Cooked together4,983 recipes

   Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

5. Butter + curranttop 17% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together7,856 recipes

   Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, pear).

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

What each ingredient does

Eggs

Binds the rice and fruit together and adds richness to the mixture.

Butter

Adds fat and richness, coating the rice and softening its texture.

Sugar

Adds sweetness and helps balance the flavour of the rice and nutmeg.

Currants

Add chewy sweetness, and swell as they cook in the warm rice.

The step that matters

Swap the currant

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rice, butter, egg, sugar, nutmeg):

1. Vanillafits better
2. Coconutfits better
3. Lemonfits better
4. Currantthe original

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