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Stewed Celery

A simple stew of celery simmered in stock and finished with a little coulis.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Why it works: Celery and sauce are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 23% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,360 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Stewed Celery

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Trim the celery into equal lengths.

  2. Place the celery in a stewpan with the stock.

  3. Boil until the stock is reduced.

  4. Add a little coulis and bring to a boil.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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.

  1. Celery + saucetop 23% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together2,360 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Celery
Forms the main body of the dish, becoming tender as it stews in the stock.
Stock
Provides the cooking liquid, and reducing it concentrates its flavor into a glaze.
Coulis
Adds concentrated fruit or vegetable flavor and a touch of color to the finished dish.

The step that matters

Boil until the stock is reduced. If the stock reduces too far, it can scorch and turn bitter, while too little reduction leaves the celery swimming in thin liquid. Watching the pan closely helps the stock thicken into a light glaze that coats the celery.

“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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