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Becsinalt Fogolyleves

A Hungarian soup of quail, carrots, peas, mushrooms and onions in meat stock, finished with sour cream.

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Why it works: Carrot and onion are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 21,601 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Becsinalt Fogolyleves

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Clean quail and cut into serving pieces.

  2. Melt butter and lard in soup pot.

Cook the quail and vegetables

  1. Brown quail very rapidly for a few minutes.

  2. Add vegetables, mushrooms and 1/2 cup water.

  3. Cook slowly uncovered until water almost disappears.

  4. By this time quail should be quite done.

Finish the soup

  1. Add flour, parsley and salt; stir well.

  2. Add meat stock; bring to a boil.

  3. Cook over very low heat for a few more minutes.

  4. Just before serving, mix in the sour cream.

  5. Serve with liver dumplings or marrow dumplings in the soup.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

918Calories
38 gProtein
27 gFat
130 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 11 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Lard1 tbsp (12.8g)115
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Pea1/2 cup (72g)62
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Quailnot in our table0
Meatnot 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.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

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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. Carrot + oniontop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together21,601 recipes

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

  2. Butter + mushroomtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together12,525 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  3. Carrot + peastop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,994 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  4. Peas + mushroomtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together890 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  5. Carrot + mushroomtop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,796 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Quail
Provides the main meat, which becomes tender as it simmers in the soup.
Butter and lard
Fat for browning the quail, adding richness and savoury flavour.
Flour
Thickens the soup slightly as it cooks with the stock.
Sour cream
Adds tangy richness and creaminess when stirred in at the end.
Mushrooms
Adds earthy aroma and savoury depth to the broth.
Stock
Forms the liquid base that carries the flavour of the soup.

The step that matters

Brown quail very rapidly for a few minutes. Quick high heat browns the surface of the meat, building flavour through the Maillard reaction. Overcooking or crowding the pot can steam the quail instead, leaving it pale and less flavourful.

Swap the peas

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (quail, butter, carrot, onion, mushroom, flour, meat):

  1. Sesamefits better
  2. Beansfits better
  3. Lentilsfits better
  4. Peasthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against quail, butter, carrot, onion, mushroom, flour, meat. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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