Name: Savoury Tomatoes
Ingredients: a gill of cream salt; three large tomatoes; half tea- spoon sugar

Why it works: Cream and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 43,450 recipes. Both carry 2,3-butanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓

Savoury Tomatoes

Ingredients

a gill of cream salt
three large tomatoes
half tea- spoon sugar

Directions

Take three large tomatoes and cut them in halves ; take out the insides and mix with some bread-crumbs a little grated cheese, a gill of cream salt, pepper, and a half tea- spoon sugar ; replace in halves ; brown in the oven.
Miss Wrench.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

122Calories

2 gProtein

6 gFat

18 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 4 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By Hamilton, Margaret. Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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.

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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.

Cream + sugartop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together43,450 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).
Tomato + teatop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together95 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Cream + teatop 22% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together463 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-heptanol (bitter, floral).
Tea + sugartop 31% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together1,204 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
Cream + tomatotop 32% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together2,034 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).