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 ↓
Ornamental Caramel Baskets, Etc
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare a swan-shaped mold for the nougat.
Fill the mold with nougat, leaving a circular hole at the back.
Once set, fill the hole with ice before serving.
Use royal icing to create the bill, eyes, and feet in their proper colors.
Whip double cream without sugar, adding 1 ounce of finely powdered gum arabic to keep it stiff.
Pipe the whipped cream onto the nougat to create feathers.
Make waves from spun sugar and use transparent glaces for imitation fruits.
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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