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Curry with Bacon

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Shallot and sauce are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,303 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Curry with Bacon

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Cook the bacon until well colored.

  2. Add curry powder to taste, ensuring it has a piquant flavor.

  3. Stir in chopped pickles.

  4. Serve with sauce poured over the 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.

  1. Shallot + saucetop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,303 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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