Why it works: Sauce and bread are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 22% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,934 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓
Macaroni and Creole Sauce
Ingredients
Directions
The book gives no oven temperature. The 400°F (200°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.
Break macaroni into small pieces and cook until tender. Drain well.
Place cooked macaroni in a baking dish.
Cover macaroni with Creole sauce.
Sprinkle with buttered bread crumbs.
Bake at 400°F (200°C) until well seasoned.
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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Sauce + breadtop 22% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together4,934 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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