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Loin of Rabbit with Asparagus and Wild Mushroom Mousse, Smoked Butternut Squash Purée and Bubble and Squeak

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 45 ingredients
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Why it works: Mushroom and asparagus match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 400 recipes mention both. Both carry 2,4-nonadienal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4
Prep1 hr

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk (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.

  1. Mushroom + asparagustop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together400 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  2. Chicken + mushroomtop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,171 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-butyl acetate (fruity, banana).

  3. Onion + potatotop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together9,019 recipes

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

  4. Leek + asparagustop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together73 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  5. Potato + asparagustop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together216 recipes

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

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

Flavor stand-ins for the leek

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rabbit, olive, carrot, onion, red wine, chicken, potato):

  1. Tomatobetter flavor fit
  2. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  3. Asparagusbetter flavor fit
  4. Leekthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against rabbit, olive, carrot, onion, red wine, chicken, potato. 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).