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Sage Butter-Roasted Turkey with Cider Gravy

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Why it works: Sage and turkey match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 154 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-hexenal, which smells green, leafy. The science ↓

The recipe

Makes 12 servings

Ingredients

Contains: milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

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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. Sage + turkeytop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together154 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  2. Apple + apple brandytop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together38 recipes

    Shared aroma: hexanol (green, fruity).

  3. Turkey + chickentop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together690 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-decenal (green, must).

  4. Turkey + buttertop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,592 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  5. Sage + appletop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together755 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-hexenal (green, leafy).

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