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Hazelnut Gnocchi with Girolles, Crisp Fried Duck Eggs and Parmesan

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 17 ingredients
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Why it works: Egg and hazelnut work together. They rank in the top 18% of all ingredient pairs, and 514 recipes mention both. Both carry (e,e)-2,4-decadienal, which smells fatty, deep fried. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4
Prep30 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk, wheat, tree nuts (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

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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.

  1. Egg + hazelnuttop 18% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together514 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).

  2. Pepper + thymetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together11,585 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Olive + thymetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,641 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

  4. Potato + thymetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,586 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

  5. Mushroom + thymetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,557 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the potato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, hazelnut, flour, pepper, olive, mushroom, thyme):

  1. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  2. Tomatoabout as good a flavor fit
  3. Shallotabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Potatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, hazelnut, flour, pepper, olive, mushroom, thyme. 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).