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Rice with Figs

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Why it works: Rice and fig match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 103 recipes. Both carry 2-hexenal, which smells green, leafy. The science ↓

Rice with Figs

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Cook rice according to package instructions.

  2. Once cooked, mix in chopped figs.

  3. Serve warm.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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.

  1. Rice + figtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together103 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-hexenal (green, leafy).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

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