Why it works: Egg and mustard are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 28% of all ingredient pairs, and 9,210 recipes mention both. Both carry (e)-2-octenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓
Tartar Sauce
Ingredients
Directions
Chop the hard-boiled eggs finely.
In a bowl, combine the chopped eggs, gherkins, pickles, and mustard.
Mix well until all ingredients are combined.
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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.
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Egg + mustardtop 28% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together9,210 recipes
Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- Hard-boiled eggs
- Chopped egg adds richness and body to the sauce.
- Gherkins
- Adds sharp acidity and a crisp, chunky texture.
- Pickles
- Adds sharp acidity and a crisp, chunky texture.
- Mustard
- Adds sharp, pungent flavour.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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