Why it works: Carrot and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 8,053 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓
Beryl Cisler
Ingredients
Directions
18 PRAGUE CHAPTER BOOK OF RECIPES
SPANISH CHICKEN— Cut up chicken, place in roasting pan, season with salt and pepper, add four or five slices of bacon cubed and fried with one large onion until brown, one can of tomatoes, one cup water, red pepper or paprika to taste and roast until chicken is tender. Strain gravy, thicken with a little flour and water mixed, add one can peas, one can mushrooms drained, and one cup cooked carrots cut in small pieces ; let come to boil, pour over chicken and serve. Beef can be made the same, only stew it on top of stove instead of roasting.
MILADA R. KOREN.
STEWED CHICKEN WITH PARSLEY GRAVY— Joint a
stewing chicken, cover with boiling water, add piece of celery, pars- nip, carrot, parsley, onion ; season with salt and stew until tender. Remove chicken and strain broth. Fry three tablespoons flour with two tablespoons butter until a light yellow, add to half of the chicken broth and boil until thick ; add five sprigs parsley chopped fine and a little nutmeg or mace and perhaps a little more salt. When this gravy is boiling drop in dumplings and boil fifteen minutes over slow fire, stirring often.
DUMPLINGS — One box of Uneeda crackers, rolled fine, or same amount of bread crumbs. One heaping tablespoon butter, half clove garlic rubbed with a little salt, parsley chopped fine, three eggs and quarter cup milk. Form balls size of walnut.
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
Counts 13 of 15 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume: 13 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Chicken | 100g cooked | 165 |
| Milk | 1 cup (244ml) whole | 149 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Bacon | 1 slice cooked (8g) | 43 |
| Carrot | 1 medium (61g) | 25 |
| Nutmeg | 1 tsp ground (2.2g) | 12 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Garlic | 1 clove (3g) | 4 |
| Parsley | 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) | 1 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
| Mace | not in our table | 0 |
One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures. See the original page.
Explore the science
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.
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Carrot + parsleytop 1% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together8,053 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
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Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together29,058 recipes
Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
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Parsley + garlictop 4% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together9,308 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
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Carrot + clovetop 5% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together5,873 recipes
Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).
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Carrot + oniontop 6% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together21,601 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
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 (carrot, flour, parsley, garlic, milk, chicken, onion):
- Cuminfits better
- Thymefits better
- Marjoramfits better
- Clovethe original
Fit is the average pairing score against carrot, flour, parsley, garlic, milk, chicken, onion. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.
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