Anchovy Toast

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. Bread + buttertop 7% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together27,232 recipes

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

2. Mustard + peppertop 9% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together15,430 recipes

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

3. Bread + mustardtop 16% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together1,484 recipes

   Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).

4. Bread + peppertop 16% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together20,964 recipes

   Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

5. Butter + peppertop 21% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together85,593 recipes

   Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

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

What each ingredient does

Bread

Provides a crisp, sturdy base that holds the anchovy topping.

Clarified butter

Fries the bread to golden brown and adds richness.

Potted anchovies paste

Supplies the salty, savoury flavour that defines the dish.

Swap the mustard

The recipe marks mustard as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (bread, butter, pepper):

1. Capsicumfits better
2. Tomatofits better
3. Potatofits better
4. Mustardthe original

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