Cabbage with Tomato Sauce

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. Potato + tomatotop 5% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together2,798 recipes

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

2. Cabbage + potatotop 9% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together275 recipes

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

3. Cabbage + tomatotop 12% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together333 recipes

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

4. Potato + buttertop 13% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together6,456 recipes

   Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

5. Sauce + buttertop 15% of all pairs
   Smell alikelow
   Cooked together15,338 recipes

   Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

Sauce and butter barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 15,338 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

Cabbage

Forms the bulk of the dish, providing crunch and fresh, mild flavour.

Potato

Adds starch and body that helps bind the grated mixture together.

Mayonnaise dressing

Adds fat and moisture, coating the cabbage and softening its texture.

Tomato sauce

Adds acidity and savoury flavour, moistening the dish when poured over the cabbage.

Butter or oil

Adds fat and richness when the cabbage is served plain.

Swap the cabbage

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, tomato, sauce, butter):

1. Capsicumfits better
2. Onionfits better
3. Chivefits better
4. Cabbagethe original

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