Why it works: Meat and celery are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 18% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,880 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓
Celery Sauce
Ingredients
Directions
Make a drawn butter using the broth from the meat or fowl.
Combine the drawn butter with the cooked celery.
Serve with boiled meats or fowl.
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.
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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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Meat + celerytop 18% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together1,880 recipes
Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
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