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Why it works: Cinnamon and almond match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,514 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

White Broth

Ingredients

Directions

  1. One ounce finely shredded salt pork, same of suet; add one carrot, one onion, a bouquet of herbs, thyme, parsley and shallot, twelve pepper-corns, four cloves ; brown these well four minutes ; add four ounces of flour, one glass white wine and a good sized knuckle of veal ; three quarts of water. Simmer three hours, strain, and it is ready for use.

  2. Mrs. J. G. Mossin. WINK SOUP.

  3. One pint sauterne, one of water; when it boils, thicken with one spoonful arrow root; put a piece of lemon rind, and a stick of cinnamon (which you remove), a tablespoon of chopped almonds, and the yolks of four eggs into tureen ; pour the boiling liquor, stirring all the time. Use the whites of two eggs beaten stiff, put in the soup in little balls to garnish.

  4. Mrs. J. G. Mossin. WINE SOUP (POR SIX OR EIGHT) .

  5. One and one-half pints of water in which is boiled a piece of lemon rind, a few cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg about five minutes. Then add a pint of white wine. Two tablespoonfuls of flour and of butter blended, and add gradually a little of the boiled soup. The yolks of three eggs and one whole tgg well beaten added to this and beaten gradually into the remain- ing soup, whipping constantly for five minutes to make light. Season with a little salt, half cup sugar, at last adding half pint of cream.

  6. Mrs. Mary J. Schallert.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1012Calories
50 gProtein
27 gFat
136 gCarbs

Counts 16 of 17 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 16 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Pork100g cooked242
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
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.

By Landmarks Club. Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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. See the original page.

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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. Cinnamon + almondtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,514 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Flour + almondtop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,673 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Lemon + cinnamontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together7,950 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  4. Flour + cinnamontop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,341 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43,450 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

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

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pork, flour, sugar, cream, cinnamon, almond, white wine):

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

Fit is the average pairing score against pork, flour, sugar, cream, cinnamon, almond, white wine. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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