Why it works: Pork and rye work together. They rank in the top 18% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 45 recipes. Both carry ethyl octanoate, which smells fruity, wine. The science ↓
An Ode to Scrapple
Ingredients
Directions
Gather the scraps of pork and place them in a kettle.
Add savory herbs and cook until fragrant.
Stir in rye or cornmeal and cook until well combined.
Remove from heat and let the mixture cool and harden.
Once cooled, slice the scrapple into pieces.
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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Pork + ryetop 18% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together45 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).
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