Why it works: Cream and celery are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 18% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,863 recipes. Both carry gamma-decalactone, which smells peach, creamy. The science ↓
Potato Soup
Ingredients
Directions
Boil 2 quarts of water.
When soft, rub the potatoes through a sieve into the boiling water.
Let it come to a boil again.
In a tureen, add 1 cup of sweet cream and 1 teaspoon of salt.
Pour the hot liquid over the cream, stir briskly, 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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Cream + celerytop 18% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together3,863 recipes
Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).
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