Why it works: Broccoli and onion match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,294 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓
Pickled Brocoli
Ingredients
Directions
Select the finest, whitest broccoli before it is fully ripe.
Remove all green leaves and the outer parts of the stalks.
Parboil the broccoli in well-salted water for 4 to 5 minutes.
Drain and let it dry, then break into convenient-sized pieces.
Place the pieces into a jar with the prepared pickling solution.
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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Broccoli + oniontop 6% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together3,294 recipes
Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
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