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Cauliflower, to Boil

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Why it works: Cauliflower and milk work together. They rank in the top 20% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 314 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-one, which smells mushroom, metallic. The science ↓

Cauliflower, to Boil

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Select a fresh, white cauliflower and remove the green leaves.

  2. Inspect for any caterpillars on the stalk.

  3. Soak the cauliflower in cold water for 1 hour.

  4. Boil the cauliflower in a mixture of milk and water.

  5. Skim the saucepan to remove any impurities.

  6. Serve the cauliflower very white and slightly crisp.

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.

  1. Cauliflower + milktop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together314 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

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