Why it works: Cabbage and apple work together. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 235 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓
New Form of Curry
Ingredients
Directions
Remove all the leaves from the cabbage until only the heart remains, about the size of an egg.
Chop the cabbage heart very finely.
Slice the apples thinly.
Combine the chopped cabbage and apple slices with spices to taste.
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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Cabbage + appletop 12% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together235 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
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