Why it works: Sunflower and cardamom share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 52 recipes mention both. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓
The recipe
Serves 6Ingredients
Contains: egg, milk, wheat (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.
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Sunflower + cardamomtop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together52 recipes
Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
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Cinnamon + cardamomtop 1% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together1,299 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
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Green tea + teatop 1% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together19 recipes
Shared aroma: 4-heptenal (creamy, biscuit).
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Cinnamon + teatop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together245 recipes
Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).
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Tea + cardamomtop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together39 recipes
Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).
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