Why it works: Sesame and kelp share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and 4 recipes mention both. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓
The recipe
Serves 6Ingredients
Contains: soy, fish, sesame (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)
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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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Sesame + kelptop 6% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together4 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
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Kelp + kombutop 1% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together15 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, green).
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Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together29,030 recipes
Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
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Mushroom + beeftop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together3,231 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).
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Onion + beeftop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together17,091 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
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