Vegetable Stew

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. Potato + oniontop 3% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together9,023 recipes

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

2. Turnip + oniontop 5% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together7,585 recipes

   Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

3. Turnip + potatotop 8% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together562 recipes

   Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

4. Potato + creamtop 17% of all pairs
   Smell alikelow
   Cooked together2,481 recipes

   Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

5. Onion + creamtop 18% of all pairs
   Smell alikelow
   Cooked together10,827 recipes

   Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).

Onion and cream barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 10,827 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

Turnips

Provides the bulk of the stew and a mild, slightly sweet vegetable body.

Potatoes

Break down partly during boiling, thickening the broth and giving the stew a soft, hearty texture.

Cream

Adds richness and a smooth, mellow mouthfeel to the finished stew.

Swap the turnip

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, onion, cream):

1. Chivefits better
2. Leekfits better
3. Spinachfits better
4. Turnipthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against potato, onion, cream. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.