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Artichoke in Sectiok

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Artichoke and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 524 recipes. Both carry trans-2-hexenal, which smells green, leafy. The science ↓

Artichoke in Sectiok

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Place old artichokes in cold water and boil until tender.

  2. Drain the artichokes and place them in a vegetable dish.

  3. Pour either butter sauce or white sauce over the artichokes.

  4. If using white sauce, sprinkle with chopped parsley.

  5. If using butter sauce, decorate with a boiled Brussels sprout between each artichoke.

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. Artichoke + parsleytop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together524 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  2. Butter + parsleytop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together28,563 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  3. Artichoke + buttertop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together893 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  4. Butter + brussels sproutstop 34% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together20 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  5. Parsley + brussels sproutstop 36% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together3 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the brussels sprouts

The recipe marks brussels sprouts as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (artichoke, butter, parsley):

  1. Shallotfits better
  2. Chivefits better
  3. Turnipfits better
  4. Brussels sproutsthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against artichoke, butter, parsley. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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