Why it works: Truffle and mushroom are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,900 recipes. Both carry 2,4-nonadienal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓
Vol-au-vent Aux Quenelles De Volaille
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the vol-au-vent as previously described.
Place the chicken quenelles inside the vol-au-vent and cover with sauce allemande.
Garnish the vol-au-vent with a border of sliced truffles and turned mushrooms.
Add a center garnish of finely chopped truffles.
Serve immediately.
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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Truffle + mushroomtop 4% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together1,900 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).
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Sauce + mushroomtop 19% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together4,480 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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Sauce + truffletop 22% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together1,490 recipes
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