Why it works: Onion and corn are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,205 recipes. Both carry hexanal, which smells green, grassy. The science ↓
Onion Toast
Ingredients
Directions
Boil small onions in salted water until tender.
Prepare slices of toast in a dish.
Remove onions with a skimmer and place them on the toast.
Thicken the remaining water with corn starch or fine flour.
Pour the thickened sauce over the onions and toast.
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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Onion + corntop 13% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together4,205 recipes
Shared aroma: hexanal (green, grassy).
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