Why it works: Cream and parsley are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 29% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 6,392 recipes. Both carry octanal, which smells fat, soap. The science ↓
Cottage Cheese
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Add coarse sea salt to the curd to taste.
Mix in cream, or butter and a little milk.
Press the mixture into a mold or shape it into small balls.
Serve
If using a mold, cut the cheese into slices about ⅔ inch thick and serve with a little cream poured over.
Garnish with parsley when serving.
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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Cream + parsleytop 29% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together6,392 recipes
Shared aroma: octanal (fat, soap).
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What each ingredient does
- Curd
- Forms the body of the cheese and holds its shape when pressed or formed.
- Cream
- Adds richness and a soft, creamy texture to the curd.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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