Staffordshire Syllabub

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. Cider + brandytop 7% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together404 recipes

   Shared aroma: 4-ethyl-2-methoxyphenol (smoky, clove).

2. Nutmeg + milktop 15% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together14,685 recipes

   Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

3. Brandy + nutmegtop 15% of all pairs
   Smell alikelow
   Cooked together4,311 recipes

   Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

4. Brandy + milktop 15% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together3,738 recipes

   Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

5. Sugar + milktop 18% of all pairs
   Smell alikelow
   Cooked together77,875 recipes

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

Sugar and milk barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 77,875 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

Swap the nutmeg

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cider, brandy, sugar, milk):

1. Cinnamonfits better
2. Nutmegthe original
3. Clovefits about as well
4. Allspicefits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against cider, brandy, sugar, milk. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.