Why it works: Parsnip and sauce work together. They rank in the top 23% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 156 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓
Creamed Parsnips
Ingredients
Directions
Wash the parsnips well and peel them.
Place the parsnips in a saucepan with fresh boiling water and cook until tender.
Drain the parsnips and cut them into small pieces about an inch long.
Pour a thickened white sauce over the parsnips and boil slowly for 5 minutes.
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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Parsnip + saucetop 23% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together156 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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