Name: Artichokes a LA Russe
Ingredients: Fond artichoke; 1 can macedoine; 1 slice tomato or onion; caviar; French dressing

Why it works: Artichoke and tomato work together. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 354 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-one, which smells mushroom, metallic. The science ↓

Artichokes a LA Russe

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the fond artichoke as a base.
Place a slice of tomato or onion on top.
Add the macedoine and caviar on top of that.
Pour French dressing over the entire dish.

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.

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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.

Artichoke + tomatotop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together354 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
Tomato + caviartop 31% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together14 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
Artichoke + caviartop 36% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together5 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).