Why it works: Berry and beer work together. They rank in the top 22% of all ingredient pairs, and 3 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓
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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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Berry + beertop 22% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together3 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
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Cranberry + berrytop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together68 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
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Onion + mustardtop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together9,243 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
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Cranberry + olivetop 5% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together127 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).
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Olive + oniontop 5% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together26,431 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl butyrate (apple, fruity).
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 (cranberry, olive, molasses, mustard, pepper, berry, beer):
- Capsicumbetter flavor fit
- Tomatobetter flavor fit
- Potatobetter flavor fit
- Onionthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against cranberry, olive, molasses, mustard, pepper, berry, beer. 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).
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