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Fried Artichokes

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Why it works: Artichoke and parmesan cheese work together. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 326 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Fried Artichokes

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Parboil the artichokes until tender, then slice them into ½-inch thick pieces.

  2. Season the slices with salt.

  3. Dip each slice in beaten egg, then coat with breadcrumbs.

  4. Fry in hot oil until golden brown.

  5. Grate Parmesan cheese over the fried artichokes and serve immediately.

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.

  1. Artichoke + parmesan cheesetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together326 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  2. Egg + parmesan cheesetop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,368 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  3. Artichoke + eggtop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together633 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

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