Why it works: Roe and watercress work together. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and 14 recipes mention both. Both carry eugenol, which smells clove, spicy. The science ↓
The recipe
Serves 4Ingredients
Contains: milk, fish (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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Roe + watercresstop 17% of all pairsAroma overlaplowMentioned together14 recipes
Shared aroma: eugenol (clove, spicy).
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Lemon + watercresstop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together579 recipes
Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
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Lemon + olivetop 5% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together10,849 recipes
Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
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Apple + buttertop 6% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together8,692 recipes
Shared aroma: gamma-undecalactone (peach, sweet).
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Butter + roetop 7% of all pairsAroma overlaplowMentioned together442 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, green).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Flavor stand-ins for the lemon
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (apple, butter, roe, watercress, olive):
- Lemonthe original
- Grapeabout as good a flavor fit
Fit is the average pairing score against apple, butter, roe, watercress, olive. 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).
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