Why it works: Banana and rum work together. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 183 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl isobutyrate, which smells fruity, ethereal. The science ↓
Tried Bananas
Ingredients
Directions
Peel the bananas.
Dip the bananas in melted butter.
Fry the bananas until golden brown.
Serve very hot with rum sauce.
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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.
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Banana + rumtop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together183 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).
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Butter + rumtop 13% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together1,007 recipes
Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).
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Butter + saucetop 15% of all pairsAroma overlaplowMentioned together15,338 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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Banana + buttertop 15% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together1,536 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).
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Banana + saucetop 31% of all pairsAroma overlaplowMentioned together155 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Butter and sauce share little aroma chemistry, yet 15,338 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
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