Why it works: Beans and chive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 180 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓
Dky White Beans, with Maeeow
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Drain the cooked beans in a colander.
In a flat saucepan, lightly fry the marrow pieces.
Add the drained beans to the saucepan.
Finish and serve
Season with salt and add the chopped chives.
Toss everything together and serve immediately.
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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Beans + chivetop 2% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together180 recipes
Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- White beans
- Provide the main body and creamy texture of the dish.
- Marrow
- Adds richness and fat that coats the beans and carries flavour.
- Chives
- Add a mild, fresh onion aroma to finish the dish.
“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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