Why it works: Potato and cabbage work together. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 275 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓
Soup From Stock
Ingredients
Directions
Put the stock in a pot.
Scrape the sediment from the bottom.
Add seasoning, water, and vegetables.
Peel and slice the potatoes, then soak them in salt water for 30 minutes.
Parboil and drain the cabbage.
Slice or finely chop the other vegetables.
Add all vegetables to the soup and boil until thoroughly dissolved.
Strain the soup through a colander and serve immediately.
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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Potato + cabbagetop 9% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together275 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
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