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Spatchcocked Game Hen

{Originally posted February 1, 2009 - now updated with a new photo and an improved recipe!} "You're gonna WHAT??!" I got more than a few shocked looks and

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Why it works: Olive and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and 30,263 recipes mention both. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Spatchcocked Game Hen

Prep10 min
Cook20 min

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By paninihappy. 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. Olive + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together30,263 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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