Why it works: Sugar and cream are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 43,450 recipes. Both carry 2,3-butanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓
Lemon Obeam
Ingredients
Directions
Twelve eggs, six lemons, one pint water, one pound sugar. Grate and squeeze the lemons and mix with the water ; beat the yolks and sugar, then the whites, add the water and lemons. Set on the fire in a double boiler and stir until it begins to thicken. Serve the next day in glass cups.
Digitized by
COOK BOOK. 71
8TRAWBBB&Y O&BAM.
Mash one quart of berries and mix with one cup of sugar. Let them stand until the sugar is all dissolved and then strain. Soak one quarter of a box of gelatine in one quarter of a cup of cold water and add one quarter of a cup of boiling water and strain into the fruit juice. Beat until it thickens, then add one pint of whipped cream, and mould.
SWISS PINBAPPIiE OBBAM.
Soak one half box gelatine in one half cup cold water. Heat one can sliced pineapple cut in small pieces, dissolve gelatine in it, add three fourths cup sugar, one tablespoon lemon juice* Chill in pan of ice water, stirring until it begins to stiffen. Then fold in the whip from three cups cream. (If cream is thick, use half milk). Chill and serve.
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Milk | 1 cup (244ml) whole | 149 |
| 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 |
| Water | 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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Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together43,450 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).
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Lemon + milktop 15% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together19,053 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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Cream + milktop 18% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together29,399 recipes
Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
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Sugar + lemontop 18% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together53,532 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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Egg + milktop 18% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together88,785 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Sugar and lemon barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 53,532 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
Swap the lemon
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, cream, egg, milk):
- Vanillafits better
- Strawberryfits better
- Raspberryfits better
- Lemonthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, cream, egg, milk. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.
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