Why it works: Horseradish and cherry tomato share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 23% of all ingredient pairs, and 1 recipes mention both. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. 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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Horseradish + cherry tomatotop 23% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together1 recipe
Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
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Lemon + peppertop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together27,039 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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Vodka + saucetop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together72 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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Lemon + celerytop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together3,467 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
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Pepper + celerytop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together16,001 recipes
Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Flavor stand-ins for the horseradish
The recipe marks horseradish as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (vodka, sauce, lemon, pepper, celery, olive, cherry tomato):
- Tomatobetter flavor fit
- Capsicumbetter flavor fit
- Lettuceabout as good a flavor fit
- Horseradishthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against vodka, sauce, lemon, pepper, celery, olive, cherry tomato. 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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