Perfect Pairings & Recipes for
Mustard Oil

Exquisite mustard oil flavour pairings and recipes, revealed through data science.

Pungent aroma and brassica notes are at the forefront of mustard oil'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 sulfur, black pepper, and hints of polyphenol. We need to understand how these notes affect each other and which complementary flavors they harmonise with.

To chart these harmonies, we analysed thousands of ingredients, each deconstructed across 150 distinct flavour dimensions, pinpointing the notes that best complement this ingredient’s profile. Our analysis reveals, for example, how chicken thigh's gallinaceous tones enrich mustard oil, and how sage's rosmarinic notes create a surprising synergy with its pungent aroma.

An ingredient's flavour stems from its core characteristics, such as spice, vegetal, or herbal, 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 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 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 sage, when pairing with the mustardy aromas of mustard oil.

The recipe below provides inspiration for pairing mustard oil with sage.

Harmonious Flavours Of Mustard Oil

Just as our analysis showed that mustard and rooty flavour notes combine harmoniously, we can identify the full profile of flavours that harmonise with each of the notes present in mustard oil. For instance, the cabbagy notes of mustard oil are strongly associated with vinegary and menthol notes.

The notes associated with the various aroma accents of mustard oil can be seen highlighted in the pink bars below.

Matching Flavour Profiles

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

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

Recipes That Pair Mustard Oil With Chicken Thigh

Linked Flavour Notes

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

The left side of the chart above highlights the aroma notes of mustard oil, 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 mustard oil.

What To Drink With Mustard Oil

The pine notes in spruce beer make it a perfect pairing with mustard oil. Likewise, the starch flavours in sake create a match made in heaven. Explore a variety of ingredients below that beautifully complement the unique character of mustard oil below.

Which Vegetables Go With Mustard Oil?

Choose vegetables that resonate with its pungency or awaken its intense aroma. Potato and red potato offer vibrant, clean counterpoints, their verdant freshness lifting the palate. Jerusalem artichoke add a gentle, oniony brightness, while celeriac introduces a sophisticated, anise-tinged elegance.

Alternatively, embrace vegetables that harmonise with mustard oil's sulfurousness. The addition of pea, with its subtle glutamic notes, can complement the sulfur beautifully, while carrot lends a grainy aroma.

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