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French Beans

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Beans and sauce are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 18% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,184 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

French Beans

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Cut the French beans finely.

  2. Bring water to a boil.

  3. Add the beans and cook for about 10 minutes.

  4. Strain the beans and place them in hot béchamel sauce.

  5. Garnish with croutons or paste.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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.

  1. Beans + saucetop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,184 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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