Why it works: Rabbit and liver work together. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 233 recipes. Both carry geraniol, which smells rose, geranium. The science ↓
Rabbit Boiled- Liver Sauce
Ingredients
Directions
Truss the rabbit for boiling.
Cover the rabbit with hot water.
Cook gently for about 45 minutes.
In another pot, boil the liver for 10 minutes.
Mince the liver very fine and return it to the pot.
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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Rabbit + livertop 15% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together233 recipes
Shared aroma: geraniol (rose, geranium).
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