Why it works: Sauce and oyster are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and 2,233 recipes mention both. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓
Oyster Sauce
Ingredients
Directions
Remove gills from oysters and cut large ones in half.
Add oysters to boiling white sauce and simmer for 2 minutes.
Do not let the sauce boil after adding the oysters to prevent toughness.
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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Sauce + oystertop 14% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together2,233 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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