Why it works: Wine and plum match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 130 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl cinnamate, which smells sweet, balsamic. The science ↓
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Ingredients
Contains: milk (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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Wine + plumtop 5% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together130 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).
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Plum + cherry tomatotop 31% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together1 recipe
Shared aroma: 2-hexenal (green, leafy).
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Wine + cherry tomatotop 43% of all pairsAroma overlaplowMentioned together1 recipe
Shared aroma: 2-hexenal (green, leafy).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Flavor stand-ins for the cherry tomato
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (wine, plum):
- Pearbetter flavor fit
- Applebetter flavor fit
- Apricotbetter flavor fit
- Cherry tomatothe original
Fit is the average pairing score against wine, plum. 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).
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