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Beetroot, Horseradish & Crème Fraîche Dip

A quick and easy beetroot dip with a hot horseradish kick, perfect for summer entertaining

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 3 ingredients
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Beetroot, Horseradish & Crème Fraîche Dip

Why it works: Beetroot and horseradish match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 209 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Beetroot, Horseradish & Crème Fraîche Dip

Serves 6

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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.

  1. Beetroot + horseradishtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together209 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Vinegar + horseradishtop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,609 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Horseradish + saucetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together775 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  4. Beetroot + vinegartop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,630 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Beetroot + saucetop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together374 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Swap the beetroot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (vinegar, horseradish, sauce):

  1. Mustardfits better
  2. Shallotfits about as well
  3. Beetrootthe original
  4. Radishfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against vinegar, horseradish, sauce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.