Why it works: Leek and wine work together. They rank in the top 28% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 38 recipes. Both carry ethyl butyrate, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓
Leek
Ingredients
Directions
Select the mildest leeks you can find.
Boil the leeks in water and oil with a handful of coarse sea salt.
Transfer the cooked leeks to a dish.
Add gravy, oil, and wine to the leeks before serving.
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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Leek + winetop 28% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together38 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl butyrate (apple, fruity).
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