Why it works: Mushroom and rabbit work together. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 406 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓
A Very Fine Mushroom Sauce for Fowls or Rabbits
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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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Mushroom + rabbittop 14% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together406 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
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