Why it works: Butter and rose are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 27% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,922 recipes. Both carry ethyl octanoate, which smells fruity, wine. The science ↓
Scented Butter
Ingredients
Directions
Make small pats of butter.
Wrap each pat in fine muslin.
Place the wrapped pats on a bed of prepared rose leaves in an earthen jar.
Add another layer of fresh rose leaves on top.
Fill the jar with a solid chunk of ice.
Refrigerate for 10 hours 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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Butter + rosetop 27% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together1,922 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).
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