Why it works: Beans and bread work together. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 332 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓
Baked Beans
Ingredients
Directions
Soak the beans overnight. Drain and rinse them.
Cook the beans in fresh water until tender.
Mash or blend the beans with seasonings of your choice.
Serve with slices of brown bread and pudding on the side.
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 + breadtop 15% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together332 recipes
Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
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