Why it works: Sugar and egg are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 21% of all ingredient pairs, and 122,807 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓
Another Substitute for Jelly
Ingredients
Directions
Make an icing with three quarters of a pound sugar and whites of three eggs ; spread the cake with icing ; then sprinkle grated cocoanut on ; smooth with a knife, and so on till all the layers are used. Ice the top and put in to the stove a few minutes to harden.
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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.
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Sugar + eggtop 21% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together122,807 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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