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Le Poularde D V Anglaise

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Lettuce and cauliflower match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 151 recipes. Both carry trans-2-hexenal, which smells green, leafy. The science ↓

Le Poularde D V Anglaise

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

104Calories
5 gProtein
1 gFat
22 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

Recipe from a historical cookbook.

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. Lettuce + cauliflowertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together151 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  2. Lettuce + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,562 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Cauliflower + oniontop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together935 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lettuce, cauliflower):

  1. Beetrootfits better
  2. Cucumberfits better
  3. Broccolifits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against lettuce, cauliflower. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.