Why it works: Lima beans and milk work together. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 132 recipes. Both carry 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine, which smells cocoa, roasted. The science ↓
Shelled Beans
Ingredients
Directions
Cook the lima beans in boiling salted water until very tender.
Drain and season with nut milk.
Serve hot.
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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Lima beans + milktop 15% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together132 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).
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