Name: Choux À LA Crème
Ingredients: 7 oz/200 g water,; 2 1/2 oz/75 g butter,; 2 teaspoons sugar,; 4 oz/125 g flour,; 3 eggs,; salt,; shortening for greasing the pan,; Vanilla cream I,; whipped cream

Why it works: Butter and cream are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 41,516 recipes. Both carry delta-dodecalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Choux À LA Crème

Ingredients

Directions

Set the water to boil with the butter, salt and sugar.
When it starts boiling, gradually add the flour (like a rain), stirring continuously until the dough starts to come off the sides of the pan. Remove from heat.
When the mixture is still warm, gradually add 3 eggs, mixing continuously.
Then let cool. Grease a baking sheet and place spoonfuls of the batter in piles on the sheet.
Leave considerable distance among them.
When done, let cool, then with a very sharp knife, cut a thin top slice, leaving the lid attached on one side.
Fill the little balls with vanilla cream.
Top with some whipped cream.
Category:Romanian Recipes
Category:Romanian Desserts

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

747Calories

20 gProtein

23 gFat

109 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Vanilla	1 tsp extract (4ml)	12
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Water	not in our table	0

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

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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.

Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together41,516 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
Sugar + vanillatop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together35,032 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together43,450 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).
Butter + flourtop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together124,287 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Flour + vanillatop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together19,241 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

Sugar and vanilla barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 35,032 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 vanilla

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, sugar, flour, egg, cream):

Vanillathe original
Raisinfits about as well
Coconutfits less well
Figfits less well

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

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Choux À LA Crème