Why it works: Carrot and sauce are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 24% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,509 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓
Carrots Stewed
Ingredients
Directions
Cut carrots into 3-inch lengths.
Boil the carrots until tender.
Stew the carrots between strips of bacon.
Serve with brown sauce or alongside stewed beef, cutlets, or fillets of mutton.
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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Carrot + saucetop 24% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together2,509 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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