Why it works: Mushroom and white wine are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,765 recipes. Both carry ethyl octanoate, which smells fruity. The science ↓
Pickled Mushrooms, Brown
Ingredients
Directions
Clean the mushrooms thoroughly.
Soak the mushrooms in white wine vinegar.
Pack the mushrooms into jars.
Pour the vinegar over the mushrooms to cover them completely.
Seal the jars and store them in a cool place.
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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Mushroom + white winetop 5% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together1,765 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity).
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White wine + vinegartop 11% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together1,776 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
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Mushroom + vinegartop 18% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together2,070 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-methylphenol (smoky, clove).
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