Perfect Pairings & Recipes for
Bean

Top flavour pairings and bean recipes, revealed through the hidden methmatics of flavour.

Starchy aroma and starchy notes are at the forefront of bean's flavour profile, but identifying its perfect partner requires exploring its subtle nuances. We need to study the complex interplay of notes that reside within its bouquet, such as grass, glutamate, and hints of polyphenol, and understand how the notes affect each other and which notes they go well with.

To illuminate these harmonies, we embarked on an ambitious journey, analysing thousands of ingredients. Each was meticulously deconstructed across 150 distinct flavour dimensions, allowing us to pinpoint precisely which notes complement in both classic and unexpected ways. Our findings reveal, for instance, how Old Bay seasoning's laurelled tones can awaken bean, or how yogurt's lactic notes create an unexpectedly harmonious bridge with the grainy aroma.

An ingredient's flavour comes from its core characteristics, like vegetal, maillard, and earthy, combined with its unique aroma notes (outer bars). When pairing ingredients, aim to include a broad variety of core characteristics for a balanced dish. And choose aroma notes that complement each other for a harmonious combination.

Unlocking Flavour Combinations

To understand how flavour notes harmonise, we analysed more than 50,000 popular ingredient combinations. By exploring these pairings, we identified specific flavour notes that frequently occur together, indicating they share a harmonious relationship.

The Flavours That Harmonise With Starch Notes

Our analysis shows that the flavour of starch is strongly associated with the flavour of lactic acid. This suggests we should look for ingredients with a lactic acid flavour, such as yogurt, when pairing with the starchy notes of bean.

The recipes below provide inspiration for pairing bean with yogurt.

Harmonious Flavours Of Bean

Just as our analysis showed that starch and lactic acid flavours are often used together, we can identify the full profile of flavours that harmonise with each of the flavour notes present in bean. For instance, the beany flavours of bean are strongly associated with celery-like and pencil-lead notes.

The aroma accents complementing the various aroma notes of bean can be seen highlighted in the pink bars below.

Matching Flavour Profiles

The flavour profile of Old Bay seasoning offers many of the notes complementary to bean, including bay leaf and celery aroma accents. Because the flavour profile of Old Bay seasoning has many of the of the features that are complementary to bean, they are likely to pair very well together.

The chart above shows the unique profile of Old Bay seasoning across 150 dimensions of flavour, while the recipes below offer inspiration for bringing these flavours together with bean.

Recipes That Pair Bean With Old Bay Seasoning

Linked Flavour Notes

Looking at the aromas that are most strongly associated with the various flavours of bean, we can identify other ingredients that are likely to pair well.

The left side of the chart above highlights the aroma notes of bean, along with the complementary aromas associated with each note. While the right side shows some of the ingredients that share many of the aroma notes complementary to bean.

What To Drink With Bean

The saline notes in greek white make it a perfect pairing with bean. Likewise, the saline flavours in pecorino create a match made in heaven. Explore a variety of ingredients below that beautifully complement the unique character of bean below.

Which Cheese Go With Bean?

Choose cheese that enrich its starchiness or awaken its fresh aroma. Cotija and feta offer vibrant, clean counterpoints, their verdant freshness lifting the palate. Pecorino Romano add a gentle, oniony brightness, while labneh introduces a sophisticated, anise-tinged elegance.

Alternatively, embrace cheese that harmonise with bean's greenness. The addition of cottage cheese, with its subtle saline notes, can complement the grass beautifully, while parmesan lends a creamy tanginess.

How Flavonomics Works

We've pioneered a unique, data-driven approach to decode the intricate art of flavour pairing. Our goal is to move beyond intuition and uncover the science of why certain ingredients harmonise beautifully. This rigorous methodology allows us to provide you with insightful and reliable pairing recommendations.

Our analysis begins with over 50,000 carefully selected recipes from acclaimed chefs like Galton Blackiston, Marcello Tully, and Pierre Lambinon. This premium dataset ensures our model distils genuine culinary excellence and creativity.

Each ingredient from these recipes is deconstructed across 150 distinct flavour dimensions, creating a unique numerical "flavour fingerprint." This quantification allows us to apply advanced analytical methods to identify complex patterns between flavour notes.

We identify popular ingredient combinations that frequently appear in our recipe database. Regression analysis is then performed on these pairings to statistically validate and pinpoint truly harmonious flavours.

These insights drive our predictive model, which allows us to take any ingredient (e.g., Bean), analyse its detailed flavour profile, and accurately reveal its complementary flavours and perfect ingredient partners.