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Gooseberry Fool

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Gooseberry and nutmeg share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 13 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Gooseberry Fool

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

288Calories
14 gProtein
14 gFat
26 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 6 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Gooseberrynot in our table0
Waternot in our table0

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. Gooseberry + nutmegtop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together13 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Milk + nutmegtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,685 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Egg + nutmegtop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together24,744 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  4. Milk + eggtop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together88,785 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  5. Sugar + milktop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together77,875 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

Egg and nutmeg barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 24,744 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the gooseberry

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, milk, egg, nutmeg):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Raisinfits better
  3. Figfits better
  4. Gooseberrythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, milk, egg, nutmeg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.