Why it works: Tomato and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 22% of all ingredient pairs, and 6,918 recipes mention both. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓
Tomato Sauce
Ingredients
Directions
Bake the tomatoes until tender.
Pass the baked tomatoes through a fine sieve.
Combine the tomato puree with enough stock to make a sauce the consistency of cream.
Warm the sauce in a bain-marie.
Add the butter and stir until it melts into the sauce without boiling.
Serve the sauce in a sauce-boat to keep it warm.
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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.
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Tomato + buttertop 22% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together6,918 recipes
Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
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