Why it works: Chestnut and bread work together. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 191 recipes. Both carry ethyl octanoate, which smells fruity, wine. The science ↓
Chestnut Dressing for Turkey
Ingredients
Directions
Boil the chestnuts until tender.
Peel the chestnuts and mash them finely.
Season the mashed chestnuts as you would for bread crumb 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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Chestnut + breadtop 13% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together191 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).
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