Why it works: Apple and sauce work together. They rank in the top 31% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 965 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓
Roast Goose
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the goose the same way as you would a turkey.
Use the same kind of stuffing as for turkey.
Bake or roast the goose in the same manner.
Serve with apple sauce.
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.
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Apple + saucetop 31% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together965 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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