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Puff Paste Strips

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Apricot and cream are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 25% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,116 recipes. Both carry delta-dodecalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Puff Paste Strips

Oven, in the book's wordsA hot oven

Ingredients

Directions

The book says “a hot oven”. The 400°F (200°C) in the steps is the modern equivalent, not the book's own figure.

  1. Roll out the puff paste to ¼ inch thick.

  2. Cut into strips 1 inch wide and 4 inches long.

  3. Bake in a preheated oven at 400°F (200°C) for 15 minutes.

  4. Spread jam on one strip, cover with another strip, and top with meringue.

  5. Brown in the oven and serve as a dessert.

  6. Cut puff paste into 3-inch squares.

  7. Bring the corners to the center and moisten to hold in place.

  8. Bake for 20 minutes.

  9. Add a little jam or jelly in each corner and top with whipped cream.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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.

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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.

  1. Apricot + creamtop 25% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,116 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

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