Why it works: Shallot and sauce are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,303 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓
Curry with Bacon
Ingredients
Directions
Cook the bacon until well colored.
Add curry powder to taste, ensuring it is piquant.
Stir the bacon with the curry powder.
Serve with sauce poured over the dish.
Garnish with chopped pickles if desired.
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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Shallot + saucetop 14% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together1,303 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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