Why it works: Tomato and sauce are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,469 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓
Roast Sucking-pig, Tomata Sauce and Brain Sauce
Ingredients
Directions
Roast the sucking pig until fully cooked and golden brown.
Prepare the tomato sauce by cooking tomatoes with seasoning until thick.
Make the brain sauce by cooking the brains with butter and seasoning until creamy.
Serve the roasted pig with tomato sauce and brain sauce on the side.
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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Tomato + saucetop 15% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together5,469 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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