Name: Beef Stock
Yield: Makes about 7 cups
Ingredients: 4 tablespoons olive or vegetable oil; 4 pounds meaty beef bones, such as ribs, shin, neck, or tail; 1 onion, peeled and quartered; 1 carrot, peeled; 1 rib celery; 2 large cloves garlic, crushed; 2 sprigs fresh thyme; 1 bay leaf; 1/2 teaspoon salt

Why it works: Carrot and celery match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,173 recipes. Both carry myristicin, which smells spice, warm. The science ↓

Beef Stock

Makes about 7 cups

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

458Calories

28 gProtein

29 gFat

20 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 10 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Beef	100g cooked	250
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Carrot	1 medium (61g)	25
Celery	1 stalk (40g)	6
Olive	1 large (4g)	4
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Thyme	1 tsp dried (1.4g)	4
Bay Leaf	1 leaf (0.6g)	2
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By epicurious. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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.

Carrot + celerytop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together10,173 recipes

Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).
Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Clove + thymetop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together4,108 recipes

Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).
Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together25,665 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Carrot + thymetop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together4,563 recipes

Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, beef, onion, carrot, celery, garlic, thyme):

Parsleyfits better
Cuminfits better
Rosemaryfits better
Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, beef, onion, carrot, celery, garlic, thyme. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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