Why it works: Roe and red wine work together. They rank in the top 16% of all ingredient pairs, and 26 recipes mention both. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓
The recipe
Serves 4Ingredients
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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.
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Roe + red winetop 16% of all pairsAroma overlaplowMentioned together26 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
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Sage + thymetop 1% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together1,485 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
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Lemon + thymetop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together3,973 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
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Sage + lemontop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together887 recipes
Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
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Beetroot + cauliflowertop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together146 recipes
Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
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