Why it works: Oyster and cheese work together. They rank in the top 19% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 202 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-one, which smells mushroom, metallic. The science ↓
Macaroni with Oysters
Ingredients
Directions
The book gives no oven temperature. The 400°F (200°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.
Boil macaroni in salted water until tender, then drain it in a colander.
In a deep baking dish, layer macaroni and oysters alternately.
Sprinkle each layer of macaroni with grated cheese.
Bake in a 400°F (200°C) oven until the top is brown.
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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Oyster + cheesetop 19% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together202 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
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