Why it works: Tomato and buttermilk work together. They rank in the top 16% of all ingredient pairs, and 130 recipes mention both. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓
The recipe
30 mini muffinsIngredients
Contains: egg, milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)
Directions
Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.
Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C) and set a mini muffin pan nearby.
Cook the bacon in a skillet over medium heat until crisp, about 6 minutes. Drain on paper towels, then crumble.
Tear the refrigerated biscuit dough into small pieces and press one piece into each mini muffin cup, pushing the dough up the sides to form cups.
Stir together the chopped tomato, chopped onion, shredded Swiss cheese, mayonnaise, dried basil, and crumbled bacon in a bowl.
Spoon the filling evenly into the dough cups, filling each about level with the top.
Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, until the dough is golden brown and cooked through in the center.
Let the cups cool in the pan for 2 minutes, then remove them and serve warm.
Explore the science
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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Tomato + buttermilktop 16% of all pairsAroma overlaplowMentioned together130 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
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Tomato + basiltop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together3,979 recipes
Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
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Buttermilk + biscuittop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together110 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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Tomato + oniontop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together20,622 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
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Onion + biscuittop 7% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together428 recipes
Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Flavor stand-ins for the basil
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (tomato, onion, swiss cheese, buttermilk, biscuit):
- Garlicbetter flavor fit
- Celerybetter flavor fit
- Thymebetter flavor fit
- Basilthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against tomato, onion, swiss cheese, buttermilk, biscuit. 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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