Why it works: Beef and sauce are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and 3,650 recipes mention both. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓
Vermicelli Soup
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the vermicelli according to package instructions.
In a pot, cook the rump of beef until tender.
Add the cooked vermicelli to the pot with the beef.
Stir in the spagnole sauce and heat through.
Serve hot.
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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Beef + saucetop 13% of all pairsAroma overlaplowMentioned together3,650 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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