Currant Sauce

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. Allspice + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together5,536 recipes

   Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

2. Allspice + peppertop 5% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together6,395 recipes

   Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

3. Pepper + cinnamontop 9% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together4,890 recipes

   Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

4. Sugar + cinnamontop 10% of all pairs
   Smell alikelow
   Cooked together30,779 recipes

   Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

5. Allspice + vinegartop 13% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together4,548 recipes

   Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyl acetate (fruit).

Sugar and cinnamon barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 30,779 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the allspice

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, vinegar, pepper, cinnamon):

1. Allspicethe original
2. Clovefits about as well
3. Nutmegfits about as well
4. Cardamomfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, vinegar, pepper, cinnamon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.