Why it works: Cream and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 43,450 recipes. Both carry 2,3-butanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓
Oat Plakes
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
In a double saucepan or porcelain-lined pan, bring 1 quart of water to a boil.
Add ¼ teaspoon of coarse sea salt and stir.
Cook
Gradually stir in 3 ounces of oat flakes.
Keep stirring to prevent burning and let it boil for 15 to 20 minutes.
Serve
Serve with cream and sugar.
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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Cream + sugartop 9% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together43,450 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).
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What each ingredient does
- Oat flakes
- Swell in boiling water to thicken the liquid into a porridge.
- Water
- Cooks the oats and gives the porridge its liquid base.
The step that matters
Stirring while the oats cook. Oat flakes settle and scorch on the bottom of the pan, so constant stirring keeps the porridge from burning and gives an even texture.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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