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Why it works: Peas and tomato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,058 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Modern Cookery

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Dip the thin slices into beaten egg and coat with bread crumbs.

  2. Fry the slices until golden brown.

  3. Stew the slices until tender, then drain well.

  4. Glaze the slices and arrange them in a circle on a plate.

  5. Serve with peas in the center or with a thick tomato puree or other vegetable puree.

  6. For vol-au-vents, keep the filling very white and mix with a good bechamel sauce.

  7. For a curried version, mix with plenty of vegetables or a portion of other meat after baking or stewing.

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.

  1. Peas + tomatotop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  2. Bread + tomatotop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,013 recipes

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

  3. Bread + peastop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together804 recipes

    Shared aroma: hexyl acetate (fruity, apple).

  4. Egg + breadtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together22,662 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

  5. Bread + meattop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,924 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the peas

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, bread, tomato, sauce, meat):

  1. Beansfits better
  2. Peasthe original
  3. Lima beansfits about as well
  4. Peanutfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, bread, tomato, sauce, meat. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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