Name: Recipe Flash: Austrian Breakfast Tacos with Spicy Sauerkraut and Summer SausageAustrian Breakfast Tacos with Spicy “Sauerkraut” and Summer SausageSpicy “Sauerkraut”
Yield: Makes 2 breakfast tacosMakes 2 cups
Ingredients: 3 ounces summer sausage*, cubed; 4 eggs, beaten; 2 tablespoons freshly shredded Parmesan cheese; 4 taco-sized corn tortillas; Spicy sauerkraut (recipe follows); Cilantro for garnish (optional); 2 tablespoons olive oil; 1 red onion, thinly sliced; 2 cloves garlic, chopped; 3 cups shredded purple cabbage; ½ teaspoon salt; 1 tablespoon white sugar; ½ teaspoon red chili flakes; 3/4 cup chicken or veggie stock (or water), divided; 2 teaspoons white wine vinegar

Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

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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.

Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together25,665 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Onion + cabbagetop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,001 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Garlic + cabbagetop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together635 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Olive + oniontop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together29,779 recipes

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

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, parmesan cheese, corn, olive, onion, garlic, cabbage):

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Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, parmesan cheese, corn, olive, onion, garlic, cabbage. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Pork	100g cooked	242
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Corn Tortilla	1 medium flour (45g)	140
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Parmesan Cheese	1 oz (28g)	110
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Broccoli	1 cup chopped (156g)	55
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Cilantro	1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Sauerkraut	not in our table	0
Water	not in our table	0

Recipe Flash: Austrian Breakfast Tacos with Spicy Sauerkraut and Summer SausageAustrian Breakfast Tacos with Spicy “Sauerkraut” and Summer SausageSpicy “Sauerkraut”