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Creamy Cucumber Brussels Sprouts

"Brussels sprouts in a creamy cucumber sauce. Delicious!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Brussels sprouts and cucumber work together. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and 3 recipes mention both. Both carry trans-2-hexenal, which smells green, leafy. The science ↓

The recipe

8 servings
Prep20 min
Cook35 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add the trimmed Brussels sprouts and cook until just tender, about 8 to 10 minutes. Drain well and set aside.

  2. Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the cucumber chunks and cook, stirring occasionally, until they begin to soften, about 5 minutes.

  3. Sprinkle the flour over the cucumbers and stir for 1 minute so the flour cooks evenly.

  4. Slowly whisk in the milk, then add the chicken bouillon and pepper. Stir constantly over medium heat until the sauce thickens, about 5 minutes.

  5. Add the drained Brussels sprouts to the skillet and stir gently to coat them in the creamy sauce.

  6. Simmer uncovered over low heat for 5 minutes so the flavors blend, stirring occasionally. Serve hot.

By allrecipes. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Brussels sprouts + cucumbertop 15% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together3 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  2. Butter + milktop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together81,222 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  3. Milk + chickentop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,387 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-hexanal (fruit).

  4. Butter + flourtop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together122,858 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Butter + chickentop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together13,869 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).

Butter and flour share little aroma chemistry, yet 122,858 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs