Why it works: Beef and horseradish work together. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 491 recipes. Both carry 2-methylbutyraldehyde, which smells malty, chocolate. The science ↓
Roast Beef
Ingredients
Directions
Roast the beef until cooked to your preference.
Grate fresh horseradish and serve alongside the roast.
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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Beef + horseradishtop 15% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together491 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).
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