Why it works: Garlic and blue cheese work together. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and 220 recipes mention both. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓
The recipe
6 servingsIngredients
Contains: milk (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.
Heat the olive oil and 1 tablespoon of the butter in a large skillet over medium heat until the butter melts and foams.
Add the minced garlic and cook, stirring, for about 1 minute until fragrant but not browned.
Add the corn kernels to the skillet and cook over medium-high heat, stirring often, for about 6 to 8 minutes until the corn is tender and lightly browned in spots.
Reduce the heat to medium and pour in the milk. Simmer gently, stirring, for about 3 minutes until the milk thickens slightly and coats the corn.
Remove the skillet from the heat. Stir in the remaining 1 tablespoon of butter until melted.
Fold in the crumbled blue cheese until it softens and partly melts into the corn, about 1 minute.
Transfer to a serving dish and serve warm.
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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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Garlic + blue cheesetop 8% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together220 recipes
Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
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Olive + garlictop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together23,449 recipes
Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
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Butter + milktop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together81,222 recipes
Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
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Butter + blue cheesetop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together226 recipes
Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).
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Corn + milktop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together6,953 recipes
Shared aroma: hexanal (green, grassy).
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