Name: Stewed Tomatas
Ingredients: 10 or more tomatoes; rich gravy; 1 teaspoon vinegar

Why it works: Tomato and vinegar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 16% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,063 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

Stewed Tomatas

Ingredients

10 or more tomatoes
rich gravy
1 teaspoon vinegar

Directions

Stew the tomatoes in gravy until tender.
Drain the tomatoes using a sieve.
Serve hot with the rich gravy poured over them, adding 1 teaspoon of vinegar to the gravy before serving.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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.

Tomato + vinegartop 16% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together5,063 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

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What each ingredient does

Tomatoes: Form the main body of the dish, softening as they stew until tender.
Vinegar: Adds a sharp acidity that brightens the rich gravy and balances its richness.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.