Why it works: Beetroot and cream work together. They rank in the top 25% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 407 recipes. Both carry octanal, which smells fat, soap. The science ↓
Stewed Beetroot
Ingredients
Directions
The book gives no oven temperature. The 400°F (200°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.
Bake the beetroot in an oven at 400°F (200°C) until tender.
Once cooled, scrape off the skin and slice the beetroot.
Place the slices in a saucepan and cover with gravy.
Stew gently for 30 minutes.
Thicken the sauce with cream.
For a brighter color, pound some slices in a mortar and extract the juice.
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 + creamtop 25% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together407 recipes
Shared aroma: octanal (fat, soap).
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