Why it works: Spinach and cream are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,130 recipes. Both carry octanal, which smells fat, soap. The science ↓
Spinach a LA Creme
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the spinach by washing and cooking it until tender.
Substitute cream for the gravy.
Serve the spinach with the cream.
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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Spinach + creamtop 17% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together1,130 recipes
Shared aroma: octanal (fat, soap).
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