Why it works: Kale and pepper work together. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 492 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓
Stewed Sea-kale
Ingredients
Directions
Wash and trim the Sea-kale nicely.
Boil the Sea-kale until tender, keeping it white.
Drain the Sea-kale.
Place the Sea-kale in a stewpan and cover with rich, well-seasoned brown gravy.
Simmer gently for 20 minutes.
Serve on a hot dish.
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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Kale + peppertop 10% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together492 recipes
Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
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