Name: Liver
Ingredients: liver; carrots; seasoning

Why it works: Liver and carrot work together. They rank in the top 19% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 321 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Liver

Ingredients

liver
carrots
seasoning

Directions

Simmer the liver with chopped carrots until tender.
Season to taste.
Serve hot as a dish or use in soups.

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.

Liver + carrottop 19% of all pairs

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Cooked together321 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

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What each ingredient does

Liver: Is the main protein, becoming tender and firm as it simmers.
Carrots: Add sweetness and moisture, softening as they cook alongside the liver.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.