Why it works: Fish and sauce are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 20% of all ingredient pairs, and 1,487 recipes mention both. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓
Alose, Sauce Tartare
Ingredients
Directions
Boil the fish as directed for boiling fish or in court bouillon.
Serve the fish very cold with Tartare Sauce.
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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Fish + saucetop 20% of all pairsAroma overlaplowMentioned together1,487 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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