Why it works: Lemon and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and 14,037 recipes mention both. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓
Mushrooms Under Glass II
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the toast and sauce
Cream the butter, add lemon juice drop by drop, salt, pepper, and parsley.
Cut bread into circular pieces three‑eighths inch thick, then toast.
Put one‑half of the sauce on the underside of toast.
Place the toast in a small baking dish.
Bake and serve
Pile mushroom caps cleaned and peeled in a conical shape on the toast, and pour over cream.
Cover with glass and bake about twenty‑five minutes, adding more cream if necessary.
Just before serving add one teaspoon Sherry wine.
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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.
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Lemon + parsleytop 1% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together14,037 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
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Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together34,122 recipes
Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
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Lemon + peppertop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together27,047 recipes
Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
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Butter + breadtop 7% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together27,232 recipes
Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).
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Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together41,516 recipes
Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- Butter
- Carries the flavor of the sauce and enriches it, giving it a smooth, rich texture.
- Heavy cream
- Adds moisture and richness to the mushrooms as they bake under glass.
- Mushrooms
- Form the main filling, releasing moisture and savory flavor as they cook.
- Bread
- Serves as the base that holds the sauce and mushrooms while absorbing their juices.
The step that matters
Adding more cream if necessary. Mushrooms release water as they bake, and the cream helps keep the toast moist; too little liquid can leave the base dry while the mushrooms brown unevenly.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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