Why it works: Mushroom and milk are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,231 recipes. Both carry 1-hexanal, which smells fruit. The science ↓
Mushroom Soup
Ingredients
Directions
Cook the mushrooms in water with coarse sea salt to flavor.
Use a silver spoon to stir the mushrooms; if the spoon turns black, discard the mushrooms.
Let it come to a boil, then pour in the milk.
Adjust the amount of milk based on the desired quantity of soup.
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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Mushroom + milktop 12% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together2,231 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-hexanal (fruit).
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