Why it works: Rice and cheese work together. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 942 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓
Eice Oe Macaroni and Cheese
Ingredients
Directions
The book gives no oven temperature. The 400°F (200°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.
Heat boiled rice or macaroni in a pot.
Add enough grated cheese to flavor it.
If preferred, transfer to an oven-safe dish and brown in a 400°F (200°C) oven before serving.
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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Rice + cheesetop 14% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together942 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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