Why it works: Turkey and liver work together. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 190 recipes. Both carry 2-hexenal, which smells green, leafy. The science ↓
Giblet Gravy
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare brown gravy according to the recipe on page 103.
Finely chop the turkey giblets.
Add the chopped giblets to the brown gravy and mix well.
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 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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Turkey + livertop 15% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together190 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-hexenal (green, leafy).
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