Why it works: Butter and parmesan cheese are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,163 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓
Potage De Macaroni a LA Virgile
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare your consommé as demonstrated in the first article of this chapter, clarifying and straining it.
Reduce the consommé by half.
Blanch the macaroni in boiling water, then drain it.
Simmer the macaroni in half of the reduced consommé with a little butter for 25 minutes.
In a serving dish, layer the macaroni with grated Parmesan and small chicken quenelles.
Repeat the layers of macaroni, Parmesan, and quenelles until all ingredients are used.
Pour the remaining reduced consommé over the top and serve the potage with the rest of the consommé in a separate dish.
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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Butter + parmesan cheesetop 9% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together4,163 recipes
Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
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