Name: Chef James Holiday Prime Rib with Cabernet and Dried Cherry Sauce
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 2 h 45 min
Yield: 1 standing rib roast
Ingredients: 4 sprigs fresh rosemary, chopped; 4 cloves garlic, chopped; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 1 (6 pound) standing beef rib roast; kosher salt and ground black pepper to taste; 3 carrots, chopped; 3 ribs celery, chopped; 2 small onions, chopped; 2 cups low-sodium beef broth; 2 cups Cabernet Sauvignon wine; 4 ounces dried cherries; 2 2/3 tablespoons unsalted butter; 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour, or as needed

Why it works: Carrot and celery match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,173 recipes. Both carry myristicin, which smells spice, warm. 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.

Carrot + celerytop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together10,173 recipes

Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).
Garlic + olivetop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together25,665 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Rosemary + olivetop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,590 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Rosemary + clovetop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together519 recipes

Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
Rosemary + garlictop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,180 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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

Swap the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rosemary, clove, olive, beef, pepper, carrot, celery):

Thymefits better
Marjoramfits better
Parsleyfits better
Garlicthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against rosemary, clove, olive, beef, pepper, carrot, celery. 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
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Cherry	1 cup (138g)	87
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Carrot	1 medium (61g)	25
Cabernet Sauvignon Wine	2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)	25
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Celery	1 stalk (40g)	6
Rosemary	1 tsp dried (1.2g)	4
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

Chef James Holiday Prime Rib with Cabernet and Dried Cherry Sauce