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Sake Mignonette Recipe

This is a nice twist on the classic champagne mignonette. It is fantastic on oysters as an alternative to cocktail sauce. It really enhances the natural flavors...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Shallot and rice work together. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 284 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Sake Mignonette Recipe

1/2 Cup

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

92Calories
2 gProtein
0 gFat
13 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Sake1 oz (30ml)39
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3

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.

  1. Shallot + ricetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together284 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  2. Shallot + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,898 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  3. Rice + peppertop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,379 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  4. Shallot + vinegartop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,374 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Sake + vinegartop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together51 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

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

Swap the shallot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sake, rice, vinegar, pepper):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Cucumberfits better
  3. Tomatofits better
  4. Shallotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sake, rice, vinegar, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.