Why it works: Clam and vinegar work together. They rank in the top 34% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 39 recipes. Both carry phenylacetaldehyde, which smells hawthorne, honey. The science ↓
Clams
Ingredients
Directions
Boil clams for one minute.
Quickly remove clams and cool them.
Add half as much vinegar as the clam liquor.
Boil the mixture for a few minutes.
Pour the vinegar mixture over the clams.
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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Clam + vinegartop 34% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together39 recipes
Shared aroma: phenylacetaldehyde (hawthorne, honey).
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