Why it works: Kale and milk work together. They rank in the top 29% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 68 recipes. Both carry 2-methylbutyraldehyde, which smells malty, chocolate. The science ↓
Sjba Kale
Ingredients
Directions
Boil the kale in milk until it is tender and white.
Serve the boiled kale on toast, similar to how you would serve asparagus.
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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Kale + milktop 29% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together68 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).
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