Why it works: Onion and mace are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 7,078 recipes. Both carry eugenol, which smells clove, spicy. The science ↓
Hashed Goose
Ingredients
Directions
Divide the leftover roast goose into neat pieces.
Put the stuffing on a separate dish and heat it in the oven just before serving.
Remove the skin from the goose and place it in a saucepan with bones and trimmings.
Pour the leftover brown gravy over the goose parts, adding stock or water to make about 1¼ pints.
Add the sliced onion and mace to the saucepan.
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 + macetop 17% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together7,078 recipes
Shared aroma: eugenol (clove, spicy).
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