Why it works: Egg and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 21% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 122,807 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓
Apple Tarts a LA Creme
Ingredients
Directions
Roll out the puff paste to ¼ inch thick. Cut away any flawed parts.
Egg the rim of the short paste with egg yolks.
Cover the tart with puff paste, pressing it down on the egged border.
Crimp the edges with a knife held at a slant.
Trim off excess paste and notch the border neatly.
Make small holes on each side of the tart to release steam.
Cut a round ring in the center of each tart, 2.5 inches wide.
Moisten the center of the tarts with a clean brush dipped in water.
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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Egg + sugartop 21% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together122,807 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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