Why it works: Pepper and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 34,122 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓
Poultry and Game, with Roasts of Same
Ingredients
Directions
265. Broiled Chicken. Take four spring chick- ens, put some alcohol on a plate, light it, and pass your chickens over the flame, to singe off any hair which may remain. Split them in two, clean them, wash them well, and dry with a cloth, flatten them with a cleaver ; broil them on a moderate fire, and, when well colored on both sides, serve them on a very hot dish, on which you have put an ounce of butter, a pinch of salt and pepper, the juice of a lemon, a tablespoonful of chopped parsley, and mix all well together. Serve some water-cresses around them.
266. Broiled Chickens (Deviled). Take three medium-sized spring chickens, prepare them as the foregoing, spread them lightly with a layer of mustard, sprinkle them with bread-crumbs, and broil them on a very gentle fire. To be certain that they are thoroughly done, lift up the thigh, and if not red
underneath, they are sufficiently cooked. Serve very hot.
267. Roast Spring Chickens. Clean three or four spring chickens, truss them, put them to roast, sprinkle them with a pinch of salt, and a very little melted butter, with which baste them from time to time. From thirty to thirty-five minutes should be sufficient to roast them. When they are a fine color, remove your skewers, and take a gill of consomme (Art. 1), reduce it on the fire one half, mix it with the drippings of your chicken, strain, pour it over them, and serve with water-cresses around them.
268. Fricassee of Chicken. Clean and wash two chickens, cut off the thighs, legs, wings, and breasts, which put in a saucepan with a quart of water, and blanch them ten minutes ; then put them in cold water for a moment ; after which place them in a saucepan with a pint of consomme (Art. 1), a pint of water, several branches of parsley, inclosing four cloves, four pepper-corns, three branches of thyme, three bay-leaves, and tie all together, add one half ounce of salt, two pinches of pepper, and a little nutmeg. Simmer gently forty minutes. Put in another saucepan two ounces of butter, and the same of flour, mix well together, then add little by little three quarters of a pint of the liquid in which your chickens were cooked, and which you have strained. Boil gently. Take the yolks of four eggs, the juice of a lemon, and a tablespoonful of water. Remove your sauce from the fire, and, when it has ceased boiling, add your eggs, stirring until well mixed.
Put your chickens on a dish, pour the sauce over them, and serve. You may add mushrooms to your sauce, green peas, or the green ends of asparagus.
269. Chicken a la Marengo. Prepare and cut up two chickens as the foregoing, put them in a frying-pan with two tablespoonfuls of oil, color your chickens a light brown, then remove them from the frying-pan and put them in a saucepan with a half pint of Spanish sauce (Art. 80), six tablespoonfuls of tomatoes, a claret-glass of white wine, a pinch of salt and pepper, a little nutmeg, and boil for thirty minutes on a good fire ; add a dozen mushrooms, the same of truffles cut in quarters, and serve. You may also serve, around your chicken, eggs fried in oil and small pieces of bread fried in butter.
270. Chicken Saute a la Hongroise. Clean and cut up two chickens as for fricassee, and put them in a saucepan with two ounces of butter and two onions cut in small pieces. When beginning to color, add two ounces of flour, which mix well with your other ingredients ; moisten with a pint of milk, add a little salt, pepper, and nutmeg, several branches of parsley, inclosing two cloves, two pepper-corns, two bay-leaves, two branches of thyme, and tie all to- gether. Boil very gently, skim off the grease, re- move your parsley with its spices, and serve.
271. Chicken Saute aux Fines Herbes. Clean and cut in pieces two young chickens, and put them in a saucepan, with four chopped shallots and two ounces of butter. Turn your chicken con- tinually, so as not to stick to the pan, add a little
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
Counts 14 of 16 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume: 14 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Chicken | 100g cooked | 165 |
| Milk | 1 cup (244ml) whole | 149 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Tomato | 1 medium (123g) | 22 |
| Nutmeg | 1 tsp ground (2.2g) | 12 |
| Clove | 1 tsp ground (2g) | 7 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Thyme | 1 tsp dried (1.4g) | 4 |
| Parsley | 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) | 1 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Sauce | not in our table | 0 |
| 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.
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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Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together34,122 recipes
Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
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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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Pepper + tomatotop 7% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together17,923 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
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Tomato + parsleytop 8% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together5,398 recipes
Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
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Tomato + chickentop 8% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together6,031 recipes
Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Swap the parsley
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pepper, butter, sauce, tomato, flour, milk, chicken):
- Thymefits about as well
- Garlicfits about as well
- Tarragonfits about as well
- Parsleythe original
Fit is the average pairing score against pepper, butter, sauce, tomato, flour, milk, chicken. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.
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