Perfect Pairings & Recipes for
Mostarda

Exquisite mostarda flavour pairings and recipes, revealed through data science.

Pungent aroma and pyrus notes are at the forefront of mostarda's flavour profile, but identifying its perfect partner requires exploring its subtle nuances. We must examine the complex interplay of notes within its bouquet, like peach, sugar, and hints of plum. We need to understand how these notes affect each other and which complementary flavors they harmonise with.

To map these harmonies, we analysed thousands of ingredients, breaking each one down across 150 flavour dimensions, identifying which notes complement and contrast. Our analysis reveals, for example, how cotechino's porcine tones enrich mostarda, and how juniper berry's rosmarinic notes create a surprising synergy with its pungent aroma.

An ingredient's flavour stems from its core characteristics, such as spice, nectarous, or acidic, combined with layers of subtle flavour notes (outer bars). For a balanced dish, pair ingredients with a variety of core flavours, and choose complementary aroma notes for harmony.

The Art of Flavour Pairing

To understand exactly which flavours harmonise, we compiled a database of over 50,000 ingredient pairings commonly used in cooking. We then analysed these pairings, identifying the specific flavour notes that frequently appear together.

The Flavours That Harmonise With Mustard Notes

Our analysis shows that the flavour of mustard is strongly associated with the flavour of rosemary. This suggests we should look for ingredients with a rosemary flavour, such as juniper berry, when pairing with the mustardy aroma notes of mostarda.

The recipes below provide inspiration for pairing mostarda with juniper berry.

Harmonious Flavours Of Mostarda

Just as our analysis reveals that mustard and rooty flavour notes often complement each other, we can identify the full profile of flavours that harmonise with each of the flavours present in mostarda. For instance, the pear-like flavours of mostarda are strongly associated with seaweedy and porky notes.

The aromas complementing the various aromas of mostarda can be seen highlighted in the pink bars below.

Matching Flavour Profiles

The flavour profile of cotechino offers many of the accents complementary to mostarda, including porcine and fatty aroma notes. Because the flavour profile of cotechino has many of the of the features that are complementary to mostarda, they are likely to pair very well together.

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

Recipes That Pair Mostarda With Cotechino

Linked Flavour Notes

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

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

What To Drink With Mostarda

The tea notes in earl grey tea make it a perfect pairing with mostarda. Likewise, the tea flavours in green tea create a match made in heaven. Explore a variety of ingredients below that beautifully complement the unique character of mostarda 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., Mostarda), analyse its detailed flavour profile, and accurately reveal its complementary flavours and perfect ingredient partners.