Why it works: Avocado and arugula work together. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and 54 recipes mention both. Both carry trans-2-hexenal, which smells green, leafy. 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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Avocado + arugulatop 10% of all pairsAroma overlaplowMentioned together54 recipes
Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).
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Cocoa powder + coffeetop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together541 recipes
Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).
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Cumin + garlictop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together5,083 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
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Cumin + avocadotop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together415 recipes
Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).
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Cumin + peppertop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together4,382 recipes
Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Flavor stand-ins for the cumin
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cocoa powder, coffee, pepper, lamb, canola oil, butter, garlic):
- Cinnamonabout as good a flavor fit
- Cuminthe original
- Cardamomabout as good a flavor fit
- Rosemaryabout as good a flavor fit
Fit is the average pairing score against cocoa powder, coffee, pepper, lamb, canola oil, butter, garlic. 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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