Horseradish Vinegar

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. Horseradish + shallottop 1% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together376 recipes

   Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

2. Horseradish + peppertop 11% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together2,646 recipes

   Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

3. Pepper + shallottop 11% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together5,898 recipes

   Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

4. Vinegar + shallottop 12% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together2,374 recipes

   Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

5. Vinegar + horseradishtop 12% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together2,609 recipes

   Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

What each ingredient does

Horseradish

Provides the sharp, pungent heat that infuses into the vinegar over the week.

Vinegar

Acts as the solvent that extracts flavour and pungency from the horseradish and shallot.

Shallot

Adds a mild savoury onion note that softens the sharpness of the horseradish.

Cayenne pepper

Adds additional heat that complements the horseradish's pungency.

Swap the shallot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (vinegar, horseradish, pepper):

1. Mustardfits better
2. Radishfits about as well
3. Cabbagefits about as well
4. Shallotthe original

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