Why it works: Almond and peas work together. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 132 recipes. Both carry 2,3-pentanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓
Porridge or Gruel
Ingredients
Directions
Dissolve the yeast in a little lukewarm water.
Mix the dissolved yeast with the ground almonds.
Allow the mixture to stand in a warm place for at least 30 minutes.
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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Almond + peastop 17% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together132 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).
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