Why it works: Liver and apple work together. They rank in the top 19% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 93 recipes. Both carry methyl cinnamate, which smells strawberry. The science ↓
Goose Liver Pie
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the goose liver by cleaning and seasoning it.
Layer the liver in a pie dish.
Pour aspic over the liver to cover it.
Chill until set.
Serve with cherries and apples for garnish.
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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Liver + appletop 19% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together93 recipes
Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).
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