Why it works: Turnip and rice work together. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 824 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓
Puree of Turnips with Rice
Ingredients
Directions
Peel and chop the turnips.
Boil the turnips in water until tender.
Drain and mash the turnips until smooth.
In a separate pot, cook the rice according to package instructions.
Combine the mashed turnips with the cooked rice and broth.
Stir until well mixed and heated through.
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 + ricetop 8% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together824 recipes
Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
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