Why it works: Beef and truffle work together. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 412 recipes. Both carry 3-ethylphenol, which smells must. The science ↓
Macaroni a LA Nicolo
Ingredients
Directions
Cook the macaroni until al dente and drain it well.
Use a small syringe to inject each piece of macaroni with beef marrow.
Add small pieces of foie gras and truffles into the macaroni.
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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Beef + truffletop 14% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together412 recipes
Shared aroma: 3-ethylphenol (must).
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