Why it works: Peas and sauce are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 27% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,109 recipes. The science ↓
Petits Pois
Ingredients
Directions
Fill the center with peas.
Pour clear brown sauce around the peas.
Serve immediately after cooking.
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.
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Peas + saucetop 27% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together1,109 recipes
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