Why it works: Butter and bread match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 27,145 recipes mention both. Both carry delta-decalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓
The recipe
Ingredients
Contains: milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)
Directions
Skin the brains and soak them in several waters.
Boil the brains in salted water with 2 tablespoons of butter and 1 tablespoon of vinegar.
Fry bread slices in butter until golden.
Place the fried bread in a dish, divide the brains in two, and lay them on the bread.
Pour Maitre d’ Hotel sauce over the brains.
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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.
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Butter + breadtop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together27,145 recipes
Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).
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Butter + vinegartop 14% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together13,453 recipes
Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, pear).
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Vinegar + breadtop 14% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together1,672 recipes
Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).
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