Why it works: Jerusalem artichoke and parsley share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 70 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓
Jerusalem Artichokes Fried
Ingredients
Directions
Peel the Jerusalem artichokes and slice them.
Dry the slices well and sprinkle with coarse sea salt.
Fry the slices in hot fat until golden brown.
Drain on paper towels and pile high on a dish.
Sprinkle with finely chopped parsley and serve hot.
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 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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Jerusalem artichoke + parsleytop 6% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together70 recipes
Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
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