Name: Duo De Boeuf, Bone Marrow-Crusted Tardivo, Sweet Potato Dauphine From 'Daniel'
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon cracked black pepper (we recommend Pierre Poivre); 1 teaspooon fleur de sel; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 3 (2-inch-long) beef marrow bones, soaked in ice water for at least 12 hours; 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter; 1 cup minced shallot; 3 ounces; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1/8 teaspoon piment d’Espelette; 1/8 teaspoon white pepper; 2 heads radicchio di Treviso; 2 tablespoons olive oil; Salt and freshly ground white pepper; 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar; 1/4 cup chicken stock; 2 sweet potatoes (about 1 pound peeled); 4 tablespoons butter; 2 cups milk; Salt and freshly ground white pepper; 1 large (about 12 ounces) russet potato; 1/2 cup kosher salt; 3 tablespoons butter; 1 3/4 ounces sweet potato, cut into small dice, reserved from above; 3/4 teaspoon salt; 5 tablespoons flour; 1 egg; Freshly ground white pepper; 2 cloves black garlic, peeled and halved lengthwise; Canola oil for frying; 4 servings

Why it works: Beef and chicken match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,148 recipes. Both carry 2-furfurylthiol, which smells coffee, roasted. The science ↓

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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.

Beef + chickentop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,148 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).
Olive + chickentop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together11,888 recipes

Shared aroma: acetic acid hexyl ester (sweet, green).
Olive + shallottop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,659 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Pepper + beeftop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together18,971 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Olive + vinegartop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together12,297 recipes

Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

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

Swap the white pepper

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pepper, olive, beef, butter, shallot, vinegar, chicken):

Tarragonfits better
Garlicfits better
Thymefits better
White pepperthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pepper, olive, beef, butter, shallot, vinegar, chicken. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Beef	100g cooked	250
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Shallot	1 tbsp minced (10g)	7
Clove	1 tsp ground (2g)	7
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
White Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Thyme	1 tsp dried (1.4g)	4
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Water	not in our table	0
Radicchio	not in our table	0

Duo De Boeuf, Bone Marrow-Crusted Tardivo, Sweet Potato Dauphine From 'Daniel'