Why it works: Kale and pork work together. They rank in the top 19% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 177 recipes. Both carry 2-methylbutyraldehyde, which smells malty, chocolate. The science ↓
Kale Foe Geeens, with Salt Poek Oe Bacon
Ingredients
Directions
Cook the kale with the salt pork or bacon, or separately.
Chop the cooked kale coarsely.
Serve the kale alongside the meats.
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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Kale + porktop 19% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together177 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).
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