Why it works: Quail and bread work together. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 151 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓
Puree Op Lentils, Hunters' Style
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the soup as in No. 798, adding a piece of bacon while cooking.
Once done, remove the bacon and vegetables, then strain the soup through a fine sieve.
Make a game broth from quails or partridges.
Dilute the puree with the game broth and let it boil slowly for 30 minutes.
Skim the puree well and add the cut bird breasts.
Serve with small fried bread crumbs.
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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Quail + breadtop 17% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together151 recipes
Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
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