Why it works: Carrot and turnip match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 8,002 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓
Eusslan Salad
Ingredients
Directions
Cut the carrot and turnip into slices about 1 inch thick.
Use an apple corer or a small cylinder to cut out pieces from the slices.
Boil each vegetable separately in salted water until just tender, then drain and place in cold water.
Boil the beets whole, then cut them up when ready to serve.
Arrange the vegetables in groups on a small salad platter and pour over the plain French salad dressing.
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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Carrot + turniptop 1% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together8,002 recipes
Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
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