Why it works: Carrot and celery match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and 10,172 recipes mention both. Both carry myristicin, which smells spice, warm. The science ↓
The recipe
Ingredients
Contains: egg, milk, wheat, tree nuts (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)
Also mentioned in the method: egg, bread
Directions
Brown Roux, 22
„ Thickening, 22 Brussels Sprouts, 141
„ Tinned, 154 Butter, Black, 48
„ Maitre d'Hotel, 53
„ Melted, 48
„ Oiled, 48
„ Sauce, 46
Cabbage, 142
„ and Cream, 143 „ and Rice, 63
large White, 142 Red, 143 „ Soup, 27 Cakes, 177
Parsnip, 147 „ Pound, 179 Caper Sauce, 49 Carrot Jam, 164 „ Sauce, 49 „ Soup, 27 Carrots, Boiled, 143 Fried, 144 „ Mashed, 144 „ Tinned, 154 Cauliflower and Tomato Sauce, 145 „ au gratin, 144
„ Boiled, 144
Salad, 104 „ Sauce, 49
„ Soup, 28
Casseroles, 64 Celery and Eggs, 85 ,, Salad, 103 ,, Sauce, 49 „ Soup, 29 „ Stewed, 145 Cheesecakes, 165-168
„ Almond, 170
„ Apple, 170 „ from Curds, 169
„ Orange, 170
„ Potato, 169
Cheese and Eggs, 89
„ and Fried Bread, 113 „ and Rice, 63 „ Devilled, 114 „ Fritters, 117
Cheese Ramequins, 114 „ Sandwiches, 107 „ Savoury, 113 „ Souflle, 92 „ Soup, 29 „ Stewed, 114 „ Straws, 114 „ Toasted, 114 Cherry Sauce, 49 „ Soup, 29 Cherries, Stewed, 174 Chestnut Sauce, 49 Soup, 30 Chestnuts and Macaroni, 72 Chocolate Cream, 166
„ Fritters, 119 Chutney Sauce, 53 Cinnamon Sauce, 49 Clear Soup, 30 Cocoanut Sauce, 49 „ Soup, 31 Coffee Cream, 166
„ Fritters, 119 Cottage Soup, 30 Cream and Macaroni, 73
„ Cheese Sandwiches, 10^7 Chocolate, 166 Coffee, 166 „ Fritters, 120 „ Lemon, 166 „ Maraschino, 166 ,, Orange, 166 „ Pistachio, 167 „ Strawberry, 167 „ Yanilla, 166 Creams, 165 Croquettes, Potato, 127
„ Rice, 65 Cucumber and Eggs, 88 S^lad, 102 Sauce, 49 Currant Sauce, Black, 50 „ Red, 50 Black, Jam, 164 Black, Jelly, 160 „ Red, Jam, 164 „ Red, Jelly, 161 Curried Eggs, 82
Lentils, 136 „ Rice 63
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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.
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Carrot + celerytop 1% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together10,172 recipes
Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).
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Cabbage + celerytop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together1,839 recipes
Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
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Carrot + cinnamontop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together981 recipes
Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).
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Cabbage + carrottop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together1,505 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
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Celery + cinnamontop 5% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together1,009 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Flavor stand-ins for the brussels sprouts
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cabbage, carrot, celery, chestnut, chocolate, cream, cinnamon):
- Potatobetter flavor fit
- Capsicumbetter flavor fit
- Parsnipbetter flavor fit
- Brussels sproutsthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against cabbage, carrot, celery, chestnut, chocolate, cream, cinnamon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).
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