Why it works: Horse and nuts work together. They rank in the top 29% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓
Horse Chestnuts and Lard
Ingredients
Directions
Remove the shells from the horse chestnuts and chop them finely.
Add enough lard to just cover the chopped nuts.
Let the mixture stand for an hour near the fire.
Strain the mixture and let it cool.
Apply the lard or ointment to the affected area twice a day.
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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Horse + nutstop 29% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together2 recipes
Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
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