Why it works: Rice and ham work together. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 477 recipes. Both carry 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline, which smells popcorn, roasted. The science ↓
Collops of Cod with Rice
Ingredients
Directions
Blanch the rice, then set it on the fire to stew in the consommé with the fat, ham, and salt.
Cook until the rice is very tender and can be spread smoothly with a knife.
Place the rice smoothly around the edge of a serving dish.
Put the prepared cod in the center of the dish and serve.
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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Rice + hamtop 17% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together477 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).
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