Why it works: Turnip and egg are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 36% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,077 recipes. Both carry 2-methylbutyraldehyde, which smells malty, chocolate. The science ↓
Turnip Tops or Sprouts
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Wash the turnip tops in cold water.
Cook and serve
Boil them in a kettle of water with salt for 20 minutes.
Drain the turnip tops and transfer to a serving dish.
Garnish with slices of hard-boiled eggs and serve like spinach.
Alternatively, serve the sprouts as a salad dressed with French dressing.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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The flavor team
The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.
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Turnip + eggtop 36% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together1,077 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- Turnip tops
- Provide the main green vegetable that is boiled until tender and served.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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