Why it works: Sage and wild rice work together. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 23 recipes mention both. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓
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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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Sage + wild ricetop 5% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together23 recipes
Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
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Sage + peppertop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together5,388 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
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Bread + buttertop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together27,145 recipes
Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).
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Butter + white winetop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together5,039 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).
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Pepper + spinachtop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together3,400 recipes
Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).
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