Why it works: Bread and potato work together. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 434 recipes. Both carry 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline, which smells popcorn, roasted. The science ↓
Partridge Roast
Ingredients
Directions
Heat the fat in a frying pan.
Fry the bread crumbs until golden brown.
Cook the potatoes until tender, then mash them.
Prepare the gravy according to your preference.
Serve the partridge with the fried bread crumbs, mashed potatoes, and gravy, seasoning with salt 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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Bread + potatotop 15% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together434 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).
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