Why it works: Butter and milk are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 81,283 recipes. Both carry (z)-4-heptenal, which smells biscuit, cream. The science ↓
Puff Paste
Ingredients
Directions
One half pound of flour. Make a hole in the middle and put in a pinch of salt, then mix with the hand with cold water. About one gill is necessary. Then roll to one-quar- of an inch thick ; spread over it one-half pound of butter as evenly as possible, fold it in four ; roll it again, fold as before four times, for extra, five times. Use only flour sufiicient to keep it from sticking. Cut it with a paste cutter and color with the yolk of an e^q, and a little water. A quick oven as for roasting beef. Do not open the oven for ten minutes. They will be done in fifteen minutes. TART PASTE.
Half cup of butter, half cup of lard, mixed, two cups of flour, a half cup of sweet milk, one teaspoonful of cream tar- tar and a half teaspoonful of soda.
le:\ion custard pie.
One cup of scalded milk, one-half cup sugar, two table- spoons of flour, three eggs Take out whites of two eggs for frosting. Grated rind of one lemon, piece of butter size of an BQg. Beat together, then put in hot milk. When slightly cool add lemon juice. Bake crust first, then spread on filling and frost. Brown in oven. Beat frosting on a plate a long time after the sugar is added.
We always sell Pure Lard
Two large lemons, one cup of water, one cup of sugar, four eggs, two tablespoons of cornstarch or three of flour. Grate the rind of one lemon, squeeze out juice and pulp of both, add sugar and water ; separate white from yolks, beat yolks and add to lemon; stir well and put in steamer, let it steam until hot. This makes two pics. While steaming line two plates with paste and bake, making holes in crust so it will not blister. By the time crust is made filling is hot enough to stir in, starch having been mixed with half a cup of water, let it steam until thick. Beat whites of eggs to a stiff froth, add four tablespoons of sugar and half a teaspoon of lemon extract. Frost with this.
LEMON PIE (WITH FROSTING.)
Allow the grated rind and juice of two lemons, two cnps of sugar, three eggh, and a piece of butter as large as an egg. Rub smooth in some cold water two tablespoonfuls of corn- starch. Have ready two cups of boiling water in a saucepan, and stir into it the cornstarch until it looks clear. Then pour into a dish and add the sugar and butter. When it becomes nearly cool, add the yolks of three eggs and one of the whites, beaten together, the grated rind and juice of the lemons, and bake in two deej) plates of medium size, lined with a delicate crust. Beat up the whites with two spoon- fuls of sugar, very stiff, spread this over the pies after they are baked, sprinkle with sugar and brown a few minutes in
the oven.
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
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
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Milk | 1 cup (244ml) whole | 149 |
| Lard | 1 tbsp (12.8g) | 115 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Cream | 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy | 51 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
| Pie | 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.
Explore the science
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 + milktop 7% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together81,283 recipes
Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
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Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together41,516 recipes
Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
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Cream + sugartop 9% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together43,450 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).
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Milk + corntop 10% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together6,955 recipes
Shared aroma: hexanal (green, grassy).
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Flour + buttertop 12% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together124,287 recipes
Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Flour and butter barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 124,287 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
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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, butter, milk, cream, sugar, corn, egg):
- Vanillafits better
- Raisinfits better
- Coconutfits better
- Lemonthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against flour, butter, milk, cream, sugar, corn, egg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.
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