Vegetable Pudding

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. Cabbage + peppertop 5% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together4,081 recipes

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

2. Carrot + peppertop 6% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together14,555 recipes

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

3. Cabbage + carrottop 7% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together1,505 recipes

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

4. Sugar + saucetop 13% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together5,147 recipes

   Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

5. Carrot + saucetop 24% of all pairs
   Smell alikelow
   Cooked together2,509 recipes

   Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

What each ingredient does

Cabbage or greens

Forms the bulk of the pudding and gives it body.

Carrots, turnips, parsnips, beet roots, artichokes, potatoes, leeks, celery, or onions

Adds the second vegetable, bulk and flavour that binds the mixture when chopped and mixed in.

Swap the cabbage

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (carrot, pepper, sugar, sauce):

1. Capsicumfits better
2. Parsnipfits better
3. Turnipfits better
4. Cabbagethe original

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