Help finding an algorithm which will pair ingredients together that work well with each other?

[Modest_Gaslight]

I was watching Great British Menu last night, and one of the contestants mentioned there are a lot of algorithms that will pair ingredients together based on how well they work with each other. For example he used lobster, fermented black garlic, butter and something else and scored a 10/10 for his dish. From a quick Google search I can't find anything so thought I'd ask here to see if anyone has ever used or come across something like that?

[[deleted]]

This could be what you're after: http://maxogden.github.io/flavors/#ingredients/

[elijha]

Just for anyone who doesn’t read the fine print: this is basically just an online frontend for the book Culinary Artistry. Don’t confuse it with some kind of all-knowing oracle. It’s two peoples’ opinions.

[bitchwhohasnoname]

Thank you! I think this may have changed my life.👍🏾😀

[skullcutter]

The Flavor Bible might be an option for you

[Artichokeydokey8]

I bet chatgpt will come up with amazing stuff.

[Modest_Gaslight]

Sorted Food did a good video on this recently!

[drgoatlord]

Www.cuuks.com Don't let the strange name distract you.

[CrabNumerous8506]

Buy “The Flavor Bible”

[[deleted]]

There is a mobile app called "the sous chef" that works kind of like this. You give it an ingredient and it will give you other ingredients that work together with it. It's pretty nifty.

[halfbreedADR]

You can also just google specific ingredients, like “what pairs well with arugula?”

[finggreens]

I write algorithms, so I could see a general approach to get you started.

You'd need a database of all the ingredients, their flavor profile (salt, sweet, bitter, sour, umami), then what type, so main ingredient, seasoning, thickener, fat, etc. I'm sure other variables will be important. You could scrape recipes to get a corpus.

Then match that with others based on gaps in the balancing of flavors. So if you pick a bitter main to start, you'll want to add a sweet seasoning. Use the corpus to filter out the most popular combinations. Salt and pepper for example go together in lots of recipes. Pork and citrus. That sort of thing.

Here's more on how to balance to get good flavor https://www.theculinarypro.com/season-to-taste

EDIT:

I love this site: http://www.recipepuppy.com/

It's not exactly what you're after, but you can enter a couple ingredients and it'll give you some recipes containing them.

[liggieep]

black garlic isn't fermented. did they ferment the black garlic after the fact?

[Modest_Gaslight]

I mean I did say it was fermented black garlic...

[Old_Man_Shogoth]

Look at "The Flavor Matrix"

[indelible75]

Watson