Why it works: Sugar and tea are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 31% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,204 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓
Hominy or Rice Croquettes
Ingredients
Directions
Add to one cup cooked hominy or rice while warm one teaspoonful of sugar, the beaten yolk of an egg, a little hot milk or cream to moisten, one-fourth tea- spoonful of salt, or moisten with a little tomato sauce. After shaping, press a cavity in the center of each and put in half a teaspoonful of jelly or marmalade. Close the rice over it, mould, dip in crumbs and egg, the same as other croquettes. These croquettes are nice to serve with game.
Corn Meal Mush. — Sliced in plain or fancy shapes, dipped in crumbs, egg and crumbs again and fried in deep fat, is served with game. Before the mush is quite cool it can be molded in croquette shapes, crumbed and egged.
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
What these numbers assume: 2 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 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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Sugar + teatop 31% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together1,204 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
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