Why it works: Flour and turkey work together. They rank in the top 22% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 963 recipes. Both carry eugenol, which smells clove, spicy. The science ↓
Gravy for Roast Turkey
Ingredients
Directions
Stew the giblets until very tender and chop them finely.
Set the pan with turkey drippings on the stove and bring to a boil.
Dredge the boiling drippings thickly with flour.
Pour in the giblets and broth; add more hot water if needed for consistency.
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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Flour + turkeytop 22% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together963 recipes
Shared aroma: eugenol (clove, spicy).
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