Why it works: Lobster and sauce are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,095 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓
Cotelettes De Homard En Aspic
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare lobster cutlets as per the previous recipe.
When the aspic jelly is nearly cold, coat each cutlet with it.
Allow the cutlets to cool completely.
Arrange the cutlets in a circle on a serving plate.
Place the macedoine of vegetables in mayonnaise sauce in the center.
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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Lobster + saucetop 6% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together1,095 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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