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The Original Spreadable Tuna Mousse Recipe

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By chow · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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The Original Spreadable Tuna Mousse Recipe

Why it works: Butter and cream are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and 41,516 recipes mention both. Both carry delta-dodecalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

The Original Spreadable Tuna Mousse Recipe

About 1 1/2 cups

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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. Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together41,516 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  2. Sauce + creamtop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together4,787 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Sauce + buttertop 15% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together15,338 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  4. Lemon + buttertop 16% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together41,227 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  5. Vinegar + lemontop 20% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together7,334 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

Sauce and butter 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

Flavor stand-ins for the lemon

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

  1. Strawberrybetter flavor fit
  2. Raspberrybetter flavor fit
  3. Apricotbetter flavor fit
  4. Lemonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sauce, vinegar, butter, cream. 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).