Why it works: Fig and mint share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and 57 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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Fig + minttop 7% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together57 recipes
Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).
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Fig + honeytop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together227 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
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Olive + garlictop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together23,449 recipes
Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
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Orange + figtop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together407 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
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Orange + minttop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together548 recipes
Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Flavor stand-ins for the garlic
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (orange, olive, pork, fig, mint, vinegar, honey):
- Rosemarybetter flavor fit
- Thymebetter flavor fit
- Gingerbetter flavor fit
- Garlicthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against orange, olive, pork, fig, mint, vinegar, honey. 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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