Why it works: Lemon and clove match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 8,150 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓
Stock Pomade
Ingredients
Directions
Melt the lard, wax, and palm oil together.
Strain the mixture and stir occasionally.
Add the water slowly, similar to making cold cream.
When nearly cold, add the oils of bergamot, lemon, and cloves.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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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.
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Lemon + clovetop 10% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together8,150 recipes
Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
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Bergamot + lemontop 11% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together108 recipes
Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
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Bergamot + clovetop 15% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together51 recipes
Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Swap the bergamot
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lemon, clove):
- Orangefits better
- Limefits better
- Quincefits better
- Bergamotthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against lemon, clove. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.
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