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White Sauce III

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Why it works: Butter and flour are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 124,287 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

White Sauce III

Ingredients

Directions

  1. 2 Tablespoons butter, 3 tablespoons flour, \ teaspoon salt, I cup milk, few grains pepper. Mix as White Sauce I. This sauce is used for cutlets, croquets and as a binding agent.

  2. DRAWN BUTTER SAUCE

  3. \ Cup butter, 3 tablespoons flour, ij cups hot water, | teaspoon salt, \ teaspoon pepper. Melt \ the butter, add flour with seasonings, and pour on gradually the hot water. Boil 5 minutes and add remaining butter in small pieces.

  4. BECHAMEL SAUCE

  5. i| Cups white stock, i slice onion, i slice carrot, bit of bay leaf, sprig of parsley, 6 peppercorns, \ cup butter, \ cup flour, I cup scalded milk, ^ teaspoon salt, \ teaspoon of pepper. Cook stock 20 minutes with onion, carrot, bay leaf, parsley and peppercorns, then strain; there should be one cupful. Melt the butter, add flour and gradually hot stock and milk. Season with salt and pepper.

  6. p. E. 0. COOK BOOK

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

563Calories
13 gProtein
13 gFat
96 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 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.

By P.E.O. Sisterhood. Chapter Z (Harrisburg, Ill.). 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. Butter + flourtop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together124,287 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Flour + peppertop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together50,459 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Butter + peppertop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together85,593 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

Butter and flour barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 124,287 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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