Name: Baked Cabbage
Ingredients: shredded cabbage; unsalted water; coarse sea salt; tomato sauce; grated cheese

Why it works: Cabbage and tomato work together. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 333 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Baked Cabbage

Oven, in the book's wordsA moderately hot oven

Ingredients

Directions

The book says “a moderately hot oven”. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps is the modern equivalent, not the book's own figure.

Cook the shredded cabbage in boiling unsalted water until tender.
Drain the cabbage and season with coarse sea salt.
Cover the cabbage with tomato sauce and grated cheese.
Bake in a moderate oven at 350°F (175°C) for a few moments.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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.

Cabbage + tomatotop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together333 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Tomato + cheesetop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,896 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Tomato + saucetop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together5,469 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Sauce + cheesetop 19% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together1,987 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Cabbage + cheesetop 28% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together90 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).