Why it works: Potato and sauce are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and 1,072 recipes mention both. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓
The recipe
Ingredients
Directions
Dry the potatoes by placing them by the fire.
Serve the potatoes on a hot dish.
Pour a little maitre d’hotel sauce over the potatoes before serving.
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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.
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Potato + saucetop 14% of all pairsAroma overlaplowMentioned together1,072 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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