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Asian Meatballs with Tomato-Ginger Chutney

By biggirlssmallkitchen · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Why it works: Tomato and apple cider vinegar work together. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and 217 recipes mention both. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

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By biggirlssmallkitchen. 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. Tomato + apple cider vinegartop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together217 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together29,030 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Tomato + cumintop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together3,272 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  4. Ginger + cumintop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,733 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  5. Garlic + tomatotop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together14,075 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (garlic, ginger, tomato, cumin, apple cider vinegar):

  1. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  2. Carrotabout as good a flavor fit
  3. Onionthe original
  4. Broccoliabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against garlic, ginger, tomato, cumin, apple cider vinegar. 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).