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Why it works: Potato and beef are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and 2,052 recipes mention both. Both carry sotolon, which smells curry, maple. The science ↓

Potato Pre

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Recipe from a historical cookbook.

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.

  1. Potato + beeftop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together2,052 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  2. Potato + peppertop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together8,305 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Beef + peppertop 10% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together18,971 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Beef + muttontop 10% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together2,373 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  5. Mutton + peppertop 16% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together5,442 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

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