Why it works: Cauliflower and sauce work together. They rank in the top 22% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 463 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓
Cauliflower, Hollandaise
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the cauliflower as described in the previous recipe.
Drain the cooked cauliflower on a napkin.
Place the cauliflower on a dish and pour Hollandaise sauce over it.
If the cauliflower is small and detached, place it in a bowl with the heads downward.
Press the cauliflower lightly to mold it together into one large head.
Transfer the molded cauliflower to a plate with the head facing up and pour Hollandaise sauce over it.
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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Cauliflower + saucetop 22% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together463 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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