Why it works: Champagne and mustard work together. They rank in the top 16% of all ingredient pairs, and 25 recipes mention both. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓
The recipe
Serves 4Ingredients
Contains: egg, milk, wheat, sesame (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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Champagne + mustardtop 16% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together25 recipes
Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
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Lemon + thymetop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together3,973 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
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Lemon + peppertop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together27,039 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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Thyme + peppertop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together11,585 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
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Shallot + mustardtop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together842 recipes
Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Flavor stand-ins for the shallot
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (garlic, lemon, thyme, butter, chicken, liver, pepper):
- Tomatobetter flavor fit
- Potatobetter flavor fit
- Onionbetter flavor fit
- Shallotthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against garlic, lemon, thyme, butter, chicken, liver, pepper. 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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