Why it works: Onion and wine are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 20% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 7,784 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓
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Ingredients
Directions
Roast the game until cooked through.
Cut the roasted game into pieces.
Prepare a sauce by boiling down the bones and fragments in seasoned broth.
Thicken and strain the sauce.
Combine the game pieces with the sauce and serve.
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 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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Onion + winetop 20% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together7,784 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
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