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Of Artichokes

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From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Why it works: Artichoke and beef work together. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 140 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-one, which smells mushroom, metallic. The science ↓

Of Artichokes

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Select artichokes that are almost ripe.

  2. Boil the artichokes in beef broth until tender.

  3. Serve them at dinner.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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.

  1. Artichoke + beeftop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together140 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

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