Welsh Rare Bit

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.

1. Butter + breadtop 7% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together27,232 recipes

   Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

2. Cheese + breadtop 7% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together2,130 recipes

   Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

3. Cheese + buttertop 8% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together7,962 recipes

   Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

4. Pepper + mustardtop 9% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together15,430 recipes

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

5. Cheese + mustardtop 11% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together1,805 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

What each ingredient does

New cheese

Melts into the sauce that gives the rarebit its body and rich flavour.

Beer

Thins the melted cheese to a spreadable consistency and adds a slight malty flavour.

Raw egg yolk

Adds richness and helps emulsify the sauce so it sets smoothly when cooled.

The step that matters

Swap the mustard

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cheese, egg, pepper, beer, butter, bread):

1. Capsicumfits better
2. Tomatofits about as well
3. Mustardthe original
4. Potatofits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against cheese, egg, pepper, beer, butter, bread. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.