Geeen Peas

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. Milk + buttertop 7% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together81,283 recipes

   Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

2. Butter + flourtop 12% of all pairs
   Smell alikelow
   Cooked together124,287 recipes

   Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

3. Milk + flourtop 14% of all pairs
   Smell alikelow
   Cooked together78,219 recipes

   Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

4. Peas + peppertop 15% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together5,331 recipes

   Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

5. Peas + milktop 16% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together1,309 recipes

   Shared aroma: hexanal (green, grassy).

Butter and flour barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 124,287 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

What each ingredient does

Green peas

Form the main body of the dish and cook into a tender vegetable.

Milk or cream

Adds moisture and richness to the peas and forms the light sauce.

Butter

Adds fat for richness and a smooth, rounded flavour.

Flour or corn starch

Thickens the cooking liquid into a gravy when added in small amounts.

Swap the peas

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (milk, butter, pepper, flour):

1. Almondfits better
2. Chestnutfits better
3. Milletfits better
4. Peasthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against milk, butter, pepper, flour. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.