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In Imitation of a Soufflee

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Bread and egg are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 22,662 recipes. Both carry (e)-2-octenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

In Imitation of a Soufflee

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

533Calories
19 gProtein
6 gFat
96 gCarbs

Counts 2 of 3 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 2 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Saffronnot 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. Bread + eggtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together22,662 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

  2. Saffron + breadtop 23% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together37 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Saffron + eggtop 32% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together535 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

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

Swap the saffron

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

  1. Nutmegfits better
  2. Parsleyfits better
  3. Capersfits better
  4. Saffronthe original

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