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To Dress Artichoke Bottoms

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Artichoke and sauce work together. They rank in the top 16% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 462 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

To Dress Artichoke Bottoms

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Soak the artichoke bottoms in cold water overnight if they are dry.

  2. Stew the artichoke bottoms in a little salt and water until tender.

  3. Prepare a white or brown sauce of your choice.

  4. Drain the artichoke bottoms and arrange them neatly on a dish.

  5. Pour the sauce over the artichoke bottoms before serving.

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 + saucetop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together462 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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