Why it works: Turnip and meat work together. They rank in the top 21% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 930 recipes. Both carry 2-methylbutyraldehyde, which smells malty, chocolate. The science ↓
Navets En Ragodt. — Ragout of Turnips
Ingredients
Directions
Slice the turnips and boil them in water briefly.
Stew the turnips with stock, cullis, and sweet herbs.
Once the ragout is done and well skimmed, serve it over cooked meat.
Alternatively, stew the turnips with the meat, skim off the fat when half done, and season to taste.
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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Turnip + meattop 21% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together930 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).
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