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Salsify Salad

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Vinegar and garden cress work together. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 31 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Salsify Salad

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Cut the salsify into round lozenge shapes of similar size.

  2. Place the salsify in a bowl and pour over the allemande salad dressing mixed with a little Chili vinegar.

  3. Garnish with a border of garden cress on a small flat dish.

  4. Place a spoonful of the salsify with dressing in the center.

  5. Cut the salsify into 2-inch lengths, avoiding the largest roots.

  6. Arrange 3 or 4 pieces diagonally on each dish and top with a spoonful of thick mayonnaise.

  7. Let the salsify steep in oil and vinegar before serving.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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.

  1. Vinegar + garden cresstop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together31 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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