Name: Dindon Aux Puree De Celeri
Ingredients: Turkey; Celery; Coarse sea salt; Butter

Why it works: Turkey and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,592 recipes. Both carry trans-2-decenal, which smells waxy, orange. The science ↓

Dindon Aux Puree De Celeri

Ingredients

Turkey
Celery
Coarse sea salt
Butter

Directions

Boil the turkey as per the previous recipe.
Prepare a puree of celery (refer to recipe No. 202).
Serve the boiled turkey with the celery puree.

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.

Turkey + buttertop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,592 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).
Turkey + celerytop 14% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together431 recipes

Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).
Celery + buttertop 25% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together10,049 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).