Name: Goose, Roast
Ingredients: 1 goose; Sage and Onion Stuffing (to taste); bread crumbs (to taste); gravy (for serving); apple sauce (for serving)

Why it works: Sage and apple work together. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 755 recipes. Both carry 2-hexenal, which smells green, leafy. The science ↓

Goose, Roast

Ingredients

Directions

Pluck, draw, and singe the goose without washing it. Wipe it with clean cloths.
Cut off the head and neck, fold the skin over the back, and scald and scrape the legs, cutting off the claws.
Truss the goose firmly, tying the openings securely.
Fill the goose with Sage and Onion Stuffing, adjusting the onion flavor to your taste.
Place the goose over a clear, brisk fire and baste it frequently until cooked through.
Remove the skewers and fastenings, pour gravy around it, and serve with additional gravy and apple sauce.

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.

Sage + appletop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together755 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-hexenal (green, leafy).
Sage + oniontop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together3,628 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Bread + appletop 14% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,790 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Sage + breadtop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,778 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Onion + breadtop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together8,676 recipes

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