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Chicken Breast and Macaroni in Cases, Etc

A creamy chicken and macaroni dish served in china or paper cases, topped with buttered crumbs if desired.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Cream and sauce are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,787 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Chicken Breast and Macaroni in Cases, Etc

Ingredients

Directions

Make the filling

  1. Stir the Parmesan cheese into the hot cream sauce.

  2. Add the chicken, macaroni, truffles, and paprika, then mix well.

  3. Let the mixture stand over hot water until very hot.

Bake and serve

  1. Serve plain in china or paper cases.

  2. Cover with buttered crumbs and brown in the oven.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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.

  1. Cream + saucetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,787 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Truffle + parmesan cheesetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together140 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  3. Chicken + truffletop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together756 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  4. Chicken + parmesan cheesetop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,846 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  5. Cream + parmesan cheesetop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,566 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Cream sauce
Forms the moist, creamy base that binds the other ingredients together.
Parmesan cheese
Adds savory flavor and helps the sauce brown and turn golden in the oven.
Cooked chicken breast
Provides the main protein and substance of the filling.
Macaroni
Adds body and a soft, tender texture to the filling.
Truffles
Contributes a distinctive earthy aroma and flavor.

The step that matters

Let the mixture stand over hot water until very hot.. Gentle heating brings the cream sauce and filling to serving temperature without scorching. Cream sauces can separate or turn grainy if overheated, so keep the heat moderate and stir often.

“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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