Why it works: Egg and mustard are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 28% of all ingredient pairs, and 9,210 recipes mention both. Both carry (e)-2-octenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓
Tartar Sauce
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare mayonnaise according to recipe No. 44.
Chop the hard-boiled eggs, gherkins, and pickles.
Mix the chopped ingredients into the mayonnaise.
Add more mustard to taste.
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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.
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Egg + mustardtop 28% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together9,210 recipes
Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).
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