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Rosemary & Demerara Shortbread

These versatile biscuits take little effort - add your favourite sweet flavours for a delicate dessert or eye catching canapé

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Rosemary and flour work together. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and 940 recipes mention both. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

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MAKES about 15

Ingredients

Contains: milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

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By bbcgoodfood. 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. Rosemary + flourtop 11% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together940 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Semolina + flourtop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together310 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Butter + flourtop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together122,858 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Sugar + buttertop 10% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together98,096 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Sugar + flourtop 10% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together89,462 recipes

    Shared aroma: phenylacetaldehyde (hawthorne, honey).

Butter and flour share little aroma chemistry, yet 122,858 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