Why it works: Butter and tea work together. They rank in the top 21% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 703 recipes. Both carry 2-furfurylthiol, which smells coffee, roasted. The science ↓
French Rolls
Ingredients
Directions
Soften one yeast cake in half a cup of lukewarm water. Stir in flour enough to make a stiff dough. Knead and shape into a ball, score on the top in two parallel cuts. Put the dough in a bowl of lukewarm water, the cuts upward, and set aside in a warm place. In a few minutes the ball will swell and float, then remove to a pint of lukewarm water in which one- fourth cup of butter has been melted. Add two tea- spoonfuls of salt and flour to make a stiff dough, knead fifteen minutes. Set aside until it has risen twice the bulk, then shape in rolls. Take a small ball of the dough, roll under the hand to give an ob- long shape with pointed ends. Set some distance apart on the baking pan and let rise to double the bulk. Score the tops diagonally with a sharp knife. When nearly baked brush over the tops with milk. Return to the oven to finish baking.
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
Counts 3 of 5 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume: 3 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
| Cake | 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.
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.
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Butter + teatop 21% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together703 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).
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