Why it works: Sauce and egg are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 39% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,895 recipes. The science ↓
Curried Sweetbreads
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare sweetbreads as directed for A la Poulette.
Add powdered curry to taste, blending it carefully with the sauce before adding eggs.
Alternatively, omit the eggs entirely.
Serve curried sweetbreads with a Rice Border.
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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Sauce + eggtop 39% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together10,895 recipes
Sauce and egg barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 10,895 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.
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