Why it works: Rabbit and beans work together. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 28 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓
Two Rabbits Ci LA Oporto
Ingredients
Directions
Lard the rabbits.
Finish them as you would other lardings.
Boil the French beans in water until tender, then drain them very dry.
Add the beans to the hot coulis without boiling them again.
Garnish with paste.
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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Rabbit + beanstop 14% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together28 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
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