Why it works: Flour and egg are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 106,462 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓
Baking Powder Biscuit
Ingredients
Directions
Miss Emma Thompson.
I quart of sifted flour.
I large tablespoonful shortening (J^ lard and y^ butter). About I cup of milk — enough to make a soft dough. Mix very quickly, put on a board, roll out and cut with cutter. Bake in a very quick oven.
RUSK. Mrs. A. S. Couch.
I pint of milk.
3 cups of flour. % cup of butter.
I small cup of sugar.
Yi teaspoonful of salt.
y^. yeast cake.
Scald milk and melt the butter in it. When luke-warm add yolks of eggs, salt and yeast, dissolved in y cup of water. When light add the sugar, whites of eggs and flour enough to mould. lyCt it rise again very light, then cut into small cakes. Bake quickly. Rub the tops Vv'ith cream and sugar.
For fastidious tastes— VirotTs Extracts.
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
What these numbers assume: 3 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Salt | 1 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.
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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Flour + eggtop 15% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together106,462 recipes
Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Flour and egg barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 106,462 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.
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