Why it works: Flour and clam work together. They rank in the top 23% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 576 recipes. Both carry phenylacetaldehyde, which smells hawthorne, honey. The science ↓
Clam Fritters
Ingredients
Directions
Mix enough flour to create a thin batter that holds the clams together.
Drop the clams into hot lard, similar to how you would fry crullers, for a nicer appearance and browner color.
Alternatively, fry the clams in a pan of very hot lard, keeping it smoking hot.
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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Flour + clamtop 23% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together576 recipes
Shared aroma: phenylacetaldehyde (hawthorne, honey).
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