Why it works: Rum and sage work together. They rank in the top 19% of all ingredient pairs, and 14 recipes mention both. Both carry myrcene, which smells balsamic, herbaceous. 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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Rum + sagetop 19% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together14 recipes
Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).
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Oregano + sagetop 1% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together127 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-hexenal (green, leafy).
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Pepper + sagetop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together5,388 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
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Garlic + oreganotop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together3,756 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
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Coconut + rumtop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together259 recipes
Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Flavor stand-ins for the coconut
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rum, pepper, cinnamon, garlic, oregano, sage, vinegar):
- Limebetter flavor fit
- Lemonbetter flavor fit
- Orangebetter flavor fit
- Coconutthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against rum, pepper, cinnamon, garlic, oregano, sage, vinegar. 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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