Why it works: Butter and cucumber are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 24% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,185 recipes. Both carry 2,6-nonadienal, which smells cucumber, green. The science ↓
Mullet Liver
Ingredients
Directions
Cut the mullet into fillets.
Season the fillets with coarse sea salt.
Fry the fillets in butter until cooked through.
Serve the fried mullet with sliced cucumber.
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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Butter + cucumbertop 24% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together2,185 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, green).
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