Baked Cauliflower

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. Bread + buttertop 7% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together27,232 recipes

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

2. Cream + buttertop 8% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together41,516 recipes

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

3. Cream + saucetop 9% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together4,787 recipes

   Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

4. Sauce + buttertop 15% of all pairs
   Smell alikelow
   Cooked together15,338 recipes

   Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

5. Cauliflower + breadtop 16% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together223 recipes

   Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

Sauce and butter barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 15,338 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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream, sauce, bread, butter):

1. Onionfits better
2. Shallotfits better
3. Potatofits better
4. Cauliflowerthe original

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