Perfect Pairings & Recipes for
Streaky Bacon

Top flavour pairings and recipes for streaky bacon, according to analysis of thousands of recipes.

Streaky bacon immediately conjures the evocative embrace of smoke and the kiss of animal fat. But look beneath its obvious umaminess and you'll discover a captivating symphony of softer notes, a whisper of glutamate, a hint of caramel, and subtle accents reminiscent of pork that give it remarkable depth. And the alchemy of the kitchen begins when we seek out partners that allow these notes to truly sing.

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 cornflour's maize-like tones can embrace streaky bacon, or how red onion's cepaceous notes create an unexpectedly harmonious bridge with the smoky depths.

An ingredient's flavour comes from its core characteristics, like maillard, carnal, and woody, 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 Secret Language of Flavour

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 Smoky Notes

Our analysis shows that the flavour of smoke is strongly associated with the flavour of onion. This suggests we should look for ingredients with a oniony flavour, such as red onion, when pairing with the smoky aroma accents of streaky bacon.

The recipes below provide inspiration for pairing streaky bacon with red onion.

Harmonious Flavours Of Streaky Bacon

Just as our statistical analysis showed that smoke and oniony flavour notes often complement each other, we can identify the full profile of flavours that harmonise with each of the flavour accents present in streaky bacon. E.g. the fatty notes of streaky bacon are often used with sugary and honeyed flavours.

The notes complementary to the various aromas of streaky bacon can be seen highlighted in the pink bars below.

Matching Flavour Profiles

The flavour profile of cornflour offers many of the aroma notes complementary to streaky bacon, including corn and starch aroma accents. Because the flavour profile of cornflour has many of the of the features that are complementary to streaky bacon, they are likely to pair very well together.

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

Recipes That Pair Streaky Bacon With Cornflour

Linked Flavour Notes

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

The left side of the chart above highlights the aroma notes of streaky bacon, 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 streaky bacon.

What To Drink With Streaky Bacon

The violet notes in crème de violette make it a perfect pairing with streaky bacon. Likewise, the sugary flavours in carrot juice create a match made in heaven. Explore a variety of ingredients below that beautifully complement the unique character of streaky bacon below.

Which Vegetables Go With Streaky Bacon?

Choose vegetables that ground its sweetness or cut through its unctuous richness. Carrot offers vibrant, clean counterpoints, its verdant freshness lifting the palate. Pea add a gentle, oniony brightness, while savoy cabbage introduces a sophisticated, anise-tinged elegance.

Alternatively, embrace vegetables that harmonise with streaky bacon's smokiness. The addition of shallot, with its subtle cepaceous notes, can complement the smoke beautifully. Spring onion bridges earthiness and citrus zest, while purple sprouting broccoli lends a pungent 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., Streaky bacon), analyse its detailed flavour profile, and accurately reveal its complementary flavours and perfect ingredient partners.