Why it works: Olive and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 11,887 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓
Olive Sauce
Ingredients
Directions
Soak the olives in warm water.
Remove the stones from the olives.
Add the olives to the butter sauce and boil for a few minutes.
Serve with duck, game, fish, or meat.
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 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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Olive + buttertop 15% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together11,887 recipes
Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
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