Why it works: Rice and carrot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,477 recipes. Both carry trans-2-nonenal, which smells cardboard, fatty. The science ↓
Clear Soup with Rice, or Puree of Carrots
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare clear soup by simmering meat and vegetables in water.
Strain the soup to remove solids.
For puree of carrots, cook carrots until tender, then blend until smooth.
Serve the clear soup with cooked rice or the carrot puree.
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 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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Rice + carrottop 7% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together2,477 recipes
Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
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