Why it works: Pumpkin and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 20% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,933 recipes. Both carry 2,3-pentanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓
Stewed Pumpkin
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the pumpkin by peeling and cutting it into pieces.
Stew the pumpkin until tender.
Season the stewed pumpkin with coarse sea salt and butter, similar to how you would season mashed potatoes.
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 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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Pumpkin + buttertop 20% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together1,933 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).
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