Why it works: Coconut and apple work together. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 274 recipes. Both carry phenylethanol, which smells rose, floral. The science ↓
A Currie of Game
Ingredients
Directions
Cut up the wild birds and prepare them like fowl.
Add the grated coconut and sliced apple to the birds.
Sprinkle 1 tablespoon of curry powder over 1 pound of meat.
Finish cooking as per previous recipes.
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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Coconut + appletop 12% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together274 recipes
Shared aroma: phenylethanol (rose, floral).
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