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Knaidlach Recipe

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Knaidlach Recipe

Why it works: Chicken and egg are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 30% of all ingredient pairs, and 8,991 recipes mention both. Both carry (e,e)-2,4-decadienal, which smells fatty, deep fried. The science ↓

Knaidlach Recipe

8 large or 16 small balls

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By chow. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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.

  1. Chicken + eggtop 30% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together8,991 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs