Why it works: Turkey and chicken work together. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 688 recipes. Both carry (z)-4-decenal, which smells green, must. The science ↓
Roast Turkey with Giblet Sauce
Ingredients
Directions
Clean and prepare the turkey as you would for roast chicken.
Stuff the turkey with double the amount of stuffing.
Roast the turkey for 15 minutes per pound.
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 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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Turkey + chickentop 7% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together688 recipes
Shared aroma: (z)-4-decenal (green, must).
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