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Nougat of Almonds a LA Chantilly

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From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Almond and vanilla match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,961 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Nougat of Almonds a LA Chantilly

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Wash the almonds and boil them in water for 3-4 minutes until the skins can be removed.

  2. Strain the almonds and rinse with cold water.

  3. Drain the almonds and rub them to remove the skins.

  4. Chop the almonds finely and let them dry overnight.

  5. Sift the chopped almonds to remove any finely chopped pieces.

  6. Prepare a suitable mold for shaping the nougat.

  7. Fix a round ring on top of the nougat with icing, ensuring it's centered.

  8. Place a row of almond shells around the base and top, pointed part inwards.

  9. Let the nougat sit in a cool place for 10 minutes.

  10. Serve with whipped cream in paper cones and a fresh strawberry on top.

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. Almond + vanillatop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,961 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Cream + vanillatop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together12,301 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).

  3. Almond + creamtop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,130 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptanol (bitter, floral).

Cream and vanilla barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 12,301 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the almond

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream, vanilla):

  1. Almondthe original
  2. Chestnutfits about as well
  3. Hazelnutfits about as well
  4. Macadamia nutfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against cream, vanilla. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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