Why it works: Yogurt and harissa work together. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 49 recipes mention both. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓
The recipe
Serves 4.Ingredients
Contains: milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)
Directions
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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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Yogurt + harissatop 5% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together49 recipes
Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
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Olive + garlictop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together23,449 recipes
Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
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Corn + potatotop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together938 recipes
Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).
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Potato + garlictop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together4,512 recipes
Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
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Olive + yogurttop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together2,633 recipes
Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Flavor stand-ins for the shallot
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (corn, olive, butter, potato, garlic, pepper, yogurt):
- Tomatobetter flavor fit
- Capsicumbetter flavor fit
- Onionbetter flavor fit
- Shallotthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against corn, olive, butter, potato, garlic, pepper, yogurt. 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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