Why it works: Turnip and pork are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,358 recipes. Both carry 2-methylbutyraldehyde, which smells malty, chocolate. The science ↓
Turnip Salad
Ingredients
Directions
Cut young turnips in late September.
Boil the turnips until well done.
Place the boiled turnips on a dish with the pork in the center.
Arrange the tiny turnip roots around the pork.
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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Turnip + porktop 13% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together1,358 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).
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