Why it works: Cream and meat are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 24% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,248 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-one, which smells mushroom, metallic. The science ↓
Nut Patties
Ingredients
Directions
Reheat the bon bon or pattie cream.
Add a little ground nut meats to the cream.
Spread the mixture on wax paper.
Avoid adding too many nuts to prevent the cream from becoming too thick.
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 + meattop 24% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together2,248 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
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