Perfect Pairings & Recipes for
Epazote

Analysing hundreds of thousands of recipes uncovers epazote's optimal flavour pairings.

Epazote conjures the evocative embrace of camphor and the bracing kiss of resin, woven with delicate hints of balsam, liquorice, and sulfur. These are the notes that lend it such remarkable, resonant depth. The key to an exceptional harmony lies in knowing how these elements interact and harmonise.

To map these harmonies, we analysed thousands of ingredients, breaking each one down across 150 flavour dimensions, identifying which notes complement and contrast. Our findings reveal, for instance, how chicken leg's glutamic tones can enrich epazote, or how bacon's adipose notes create an unexpectedly harmonious bridge with the pungent aroma.

An ingredient's flavour comes from its core characteristics, like herbal, vegetal, 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.

The Flavour Code

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 Camphor Notes

Our analysis shows that the flavour of camphor is strongly associated with the flavour of animal fat. This suggests we should look for ingredients with a fatty flavour, such as bacon, when pairing with the camphor aroma accents of epazote.

The recipe below provides inspiration for pairing epazote with bacon.

Harmonious Flavours Of Epazote

Just as our analysis reveals that camphor and gamey flavour accents are often used together, we can identify the full profile of flavours that harmonise with each of the flavours present in epazote. For instance, the resinous flavours of epazote are strongly associated with starchy and sulfurous notes.

The aroma notes linked to the various aromas of epazote can be seen highlighted in the pink bars below.

Matching Flavour Profiles

The flavour profile of chicken leg offers many of the accents complementary to epazote, including glutamic and fatty aroma accents. Because the flavour profile of chicken leg has many of the of the features that are complementary to epazote, they are likely to pair very well together.

The chart above shows the unique profile of chicken leg across 150 dimensions of flavour, while the recipes below offer inspiration for bringing these flavours together with epazote.

Recipes That Pair Epazote With Chicken Leg

Linked Flavour Notes

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

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

What To Drink With Epazote

The glutamic notes in pecorino make it a perfect pairing with epazote. Likewise, the glutamic flavours in tomato juice create a match made in heaven. Explore a variety of ingredients below that beautifully complement the unique character of epazote below.

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., Epazote), analyse its detailed flavour profile, and accurately reveal its complementary flavours and perfect ingredient partners.