Name: Beef Burger Pie with Cheese Puff
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons shortening; 2 tablespoons chopped onion; 1 pound ground beef; 1 teaspoon salt; 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper; 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour; 1 (16 ounce) can diced tomatoes with juice; 1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce; 1 (15 ounce) can carrots, drained; 1 (15 ounce) can cut green beans, drained; 1 cup sifted all-purpose flour; 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon mustard powder; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 2 tablespoons shortening; 1/4 cup shredded sharp Cheddar cheese; 1/2 cup milk

Why it works: Tomato and green beans work together. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 113 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Tomato + green beanstop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together113 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Pepper + carrottop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together14,555 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Tomato + carrottop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,606 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Onion + carrottop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together21,601 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Onion + beeftop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together17,092 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the green beans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (onion, beef, pepper, flour, tomato, sauce, carrot):

Capsicumfits better
Okrafits better
Potatofits better
Green beansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against onion, beef, pepper, flour, tomato, sauce, carrot. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Beef	100g cooked	250
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Cheddar Cheese	1 oz (28g)	113
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Bell Pepper	1 medium (119g)	31
Carrot	1 medium (61g)	25
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Soy Sauce	1 tbsp (15ml)	9
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Mustard	1 tsp (5g) yellow	3
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

Beef Burger Pie with Cheese Puff