Name: Beer-Braised Bratwursts with Onion Recipe
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 12 bratwursts
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons black or brown mustard seeds; 1 teaspoon caraway seeds; 4 tablespoons unsalted butter; 12 uncooked bratwursts; 3 medium white or yellow onions , sliced into 1/4-inch-thick rings; 1 tablespoon dark brown sugar; 1 1/2 cups (12 ounces) brown ale , such as Newcastle; 12 *hoagie rolls, toasted; Sweet Hot Mustard , for serving

Why it works: Mustard and onion match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,259 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Beer-Braised Bratwursts with Onion Recipe

12 bratwursts

Cook1 hr 30 min

Ingredients

2 teaspoons black or brown mustard seeds
1 teaspoon caraway seeds
4 tablespoons unsalted butter
12 uncooked bratwursts
3 medium white or yellow onions , sliced into 1/4-inch-thick rings
1 tablespoon dark brown sugar
1 1/2 cups (12 ounces) brown ale , such as Newcastle
12 *hoagie rolls, toasted
Sweet Hot Mustard , for serving

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

198Calories

2 gProtein

12 gFat

23 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 6 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Mustard	1 tsp (5g) yellow	3
Seed	not in our table	0
Caraway Seed	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By chow. 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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Mustard + oniontop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together9,259 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Mustard + carawaytop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together72 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Caraway + oniontop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together301 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Butter + oniontop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together42,912 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Butter + sugartop 17% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together98,233 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

Swap the caraway

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (mustard, butter, onion, sugar):

Capersfits better
Garlicfits better
Cinnamonfits better
Carawaythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against mustard, butter, onion, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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