Why it works: Parsnip and peanut oil work together. They rank in the top 45% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3 recipes. Both carry 2-methylbutyraldehyde, which smells malty, chocolate. The science ↓
Fried Parsnips
Ingredients
Directions
Clean and halve the parsnips.
Boil the parsnips in salted water until tender.
Fry the parsnips in nut oil or peanut oil until golden.
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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Parsnip + peanut oiltop 45% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together3 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).
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