Why it works: Port wine and ketchup work together. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 425 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓
Game Pie
Ingredients
Directions
Make a raised crust and decorate it with pastry leaves and flowers.
Let the crust stand for a few hours before adding the seasoned game.
Roll out a piece of pastry, cover the pie, and trim the edges.
Decorate the top with pastry leaves and flowers.
Make a small hole in the side to add water for gravy.
Add water, port wine, and ketchup when the pie is more than half done.
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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Port wine + ketchuptop 15% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together425 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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