Peach Dumplings

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. Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together41,516 recipes

   Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

2. Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together43,450 recipes

   Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

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

   Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

4. Butter + peachtop 14% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together860 recipes

   Shared aroma: 2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, green).

5. Flour + sugartop 15% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together92,116 recipes

   Shared aroma: phenylacetaldehyde (hawthorne, honey).

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

Butter

Adds richness and helps the paste turn tender and flaky as it cooks.

All-purpose flour

Forms the paste that wraps and holds each peach together during boiling.

Peaches

Provide the sweet fruit filling that softens as the dumplings cook.

Swap the peach

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

1. Vanillafits better
2. Raisinfits better
3. Coconutfits about as well
4. Peachthe original

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