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Mushroom and Barley Pie

“So it’s a pie?” “Well, it’s pie-like. I mean, it has a bottom crust and a top crust and it is filled with stuff. So yeah, pie.” “With farro?” “No, we have had barley sitting in the pantry for like a year so we’re going to eat that first.” “Awesome.” “And it has mushrooms and ricotta in it!” “And bacon?” “Ew, no. It’s a vegetarian Thanksgiving entree.” “Can we have bacon on the side?”

By smittenkitchen · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Why it works: Barley and mushroom match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 110 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl octanoate, which smells fruity. The science ↓

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Contains: egg, milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

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By smittenkitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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.

  1. Barley + mushroomtop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together110 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity).

  2. Olive + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together23,449 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Butter + mushroomtop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together12,516 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  4. Butter + milktop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together81,222 recipes

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

  5. Olive + mushroomtop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,057 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, barley, butter, mushroom, milk, egg):

  1. Thymebetter flavor fit
  2. Parsleyabout as good a flavor fit
  3. Nutmegabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Garlicthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, barley, butter, mushroom, milk, egg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).