Why it works: Cream and coffee are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and 2,339 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-heptanol, which smells bitter, floral. The science ↓
Mousse Au Cafe Blanc
Ingredients
Directions
Put a pint of cream into a pan that has a cover ; roast a quarter of a pound of coffee, and put it into the cream, cover the pan closely, and put it into a bain mar^e for an hour to infuse. Do not let the water boil, but keep it warm ; then strain it through a tamis, sweeten it, and finish as before.
170 MOUSSES.
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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Cream + coffeetop 17% of all pairsAroma overlaplowMentioned together2,339 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-heptanol (bitter, floral).
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