Why it works: Cheese and brandy work together. They rank in the top 20% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 79 recipes. Both carry gamma-nonanolactone, which smells coconut, sweet. The science ↓
Brandt Cheese
Ingredients
Directions
Grate the cheese or use dry bits.
Pack a layer of cheese in a jar.
Pour brandy over the cheese and press down tightly.
Cover the jar well.
When ready to eat, cut the cheese into slices.
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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Cheese + brandytop 20% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together79 recipes
Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).
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