Why it works: Ginger and bread work together. They rank in the top 23% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 565 recipes. Both carry (e)-2-octenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓
Treacle Tart
Ingredients
Directions
Line a large plate with pastry, creating a double strip around the edge.
Pour the warmed treacle into the center.
Sprinkle the treacle with ground ginger and bread crumbs.
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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Ginger + breadtop 23% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together565 recipes
Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).
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