Why it works: Parsley and peas are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,885 recipes. Both carry trans-2-hexenal, which smells green, leafy. The science ↓
Creamed Sweetbreads
Ingredients
Directions
Cut the sweetbreads into pieces.
Combine the sweetbreads with the white sauce.
Serve in ramekins or bread cups.
Garnish with parsley.
If desired, add peas and serve in the same way.
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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Parsley + peastop 13% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together1,885 recipes
Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).
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Sauce + parsleytop 23% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together6,693 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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Sauce + peastop 27% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together1,109 recipes
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Swap the peas
The recipe marks peas as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sauce, parsley):
- Chickpeafits better
- Lentilsfits better
- Black-eyed peafits better
- Peasthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against sauce, parsley. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.
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