Why it works: Parsley and sauce are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 23% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 6,693 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓
Pieds De Veau a LA Vinaigrette
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare and cook the calf's feet as directed.
Arrange the cooked calf's feet on a serving platter.
Garnish with sprigs of parsley.
Serve with vinaigrette sauce on the side.
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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Parsley + saucetop 23% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together6,693 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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