Why it works: Beetroot and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 745 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓
Aspic
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the aspic jelly according to package instructions.
Fill a mold with a layer of aspic jelly and let it set in ice until firm.
Once firm, turn the mold onto a dish.
Fill the center of the aspic with chipped salad.
Decorate the aspic with croutons made from the remaining jelly.
Add slices of beetroot and curly parsley for garnish.
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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Beetroot + parsleytop 5% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together745 recipes
Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
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