Why it works: Apple and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 8,706 recipes. Both carry trans-2-nonenal, which smells cardboard, fatty. The science ↓
Fried Sweet Apples with Liver and Kidney
Ingredients
Directions
Slice the sweet apples.
Prepare the liver and kidney by cleaning and cutting them into pieces.
Heat butter or oil in a pan over medium heat.
Add the liver and kidney to the pan and cook until browned.
Add the sliced apples to the pan and fry until they are tender and slightly caramelized.
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 + buttertop 14% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together8,706 recipes
Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
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Apple + livertop 19% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together93 recipes
Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).
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Liver + buttertop 19% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together2,065 recipes
Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
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