Why it works: Okra and tomato work together. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 327 recipes. Both carry damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓
Okra and Tomatoes
Ingredients
Directions
Cut the okra into pieces.
Prepare the tomatoes by removing the skin and chopping them.
Exhaust the cans for 10 minutes at 212°F (100°C).
Process the cans in an open bath for 35 minutes at 212°F (100°C).
For closed-top cans, process for 15 minutes at 240°F (115°C).
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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Okra + tomatotop 3% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together327 recipes
Shared aroma: damascenone (apple, rose).
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