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Soup of Fow1, Bapen Fasuion

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Nutmeg and chervil match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 103 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Soup of Fow1, Bapen Fasuion

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

245Calories
15 gProtein
14 gFat
15 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Chervilnot 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. Nutmeg + cherviltop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together103 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Nutmeg + peppertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together13,015 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  3. Pepper + cherviltop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together867 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

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

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

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 chervil

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

  1. Cinnamonfits better
  2. Cardamomfits better
  3. Allspicefits better
  4. Chervilthe original

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