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Brussels Sprouts Gratin with Caramelized Shallots

We’ve put a sophisticated new spin on a traditional Thanksgiving vegetable, transforming brussels sprouts into a creamy gratin. This dish offers an enticing contrast of flavors and textures: Caramelized shallots offset the slight bitterness of the brussels sprouts, while cream and two kinds of cheese add richness. A bread crumb topping lends irresistible buttery crunch.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 16 ingredients
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Why it works: Brussels sprouts and shallot share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 30% of all ingredient pairs, and 1 recipes mention both. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 8.

Ingredients

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

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By williamssonoma. 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Brussels sprouts + shallottop 30% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1 recipe

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  2. Lemon + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together14,036 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together34,118 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  4. Lemon + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together27,039 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  5. Bread + buttertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together27,145 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

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